//CSS
span.text {
  font-size: small;
  font-style: italic;
}

span.border {
  border: 1px solid black;
  padding: 3px;
  background-color: white;
  color: black;
}

//HTML

<div class='projects'>
  ...
  <span class='text border'>
  ...


<form>
  ...
  <span class='text'>...</span>
  ...
</form>