:before and background-image... should it work?

@michi; define height in your before pseudo class

CSS:

#videos-part:before{
    width: 16px;
    content: " ";
    background-image: url(/img/border-left3.png);
    position: absolute;
    left: -16px;
    top: -6px;
    height:20px;
}

Background images on :before and :after elements should work. If you post an example I could probably tell you why it does not work in your case.

Here is an example: http://jsfiddle.net/namas/3/

You can specify the dimensions of the element in % by using background-size: 100% 100% (width / height), for example.

 color: transparent; 

make the tricks for me

#videos-part:before{
    font-size: 35px;
    line-height: 33px;
    width: 16px;
    color: transparent;
    content: 'AS YOU LIKE';
    background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,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');
    background-size: 25px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    }