 <p>You can use <code>position</code>ing.</p> <pre class="lang-css prettyprint-override"><code>#content h1 {position: relative; top: -15px;} </code></pre> <p>Or to put it in a better way, give <code>position</code>ing for both.</p> <pre class="lang-css prettyprint-override"><code>#content {position: relative;} #content h1 {position: absolute; top: -15px;} </code></pre> <p>For the query about negative <code>top</code> values:</p> <blockquote> <p>Negative values are allowed and would result in the element being moved in the opposite direction to those already stated above.</p> </blockquote> <p>References:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/top" rel="nofollow">Sitepoint</a></li> </ul>