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Animated text fill

Fill your text with animated background images - no Javascript required, Webkit only.

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index.html

<!-- Google Font -->

<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:700|Neuton" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<p>Spice up your type with CSS <span>Animated text fill</span> &mdash; no JavaScript required &mdash;</p>

style.css

body { font: 400 1em/1.5 "Neuton"; background: #090d00; color: rgba(255,255,255,.25); text-align: center; margin: 0 }

p {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: .5em;
	display: inline-block;
	border: 4px double rgba(255,255,255,.25);
	border-width: 4px 0;
	padding: 1.5em 0em;
	position: absolute;
	top: 18%;
	left: 50%;
	width: 40em;
	margin: 0 0 0 -20em;
}

p span {

	font: 700 4em/1 "Oswald", sans-serif;
	letter-spacing: 0;
	padding: .25em 0 .325em;
	display: block;
	margin: 0 auto;
	text-shadow: 0 0 80px rgba(255,255,255,.5);

/* Clip Background Image */

	background: url(http://f.cl.ly/items/010q3E1u3p2Q0j1L1S1o/animated_text_fill.png) repeat-y;
	-webkit-background-clip: text;

/* Animate Background Image */

	-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
	-webkit-animation: aitf 80s linear infinite;

/* Activate hardware acceleration for smoother animations */

	-webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
	-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}

/* Animate Background Image */

@-webkit-keyframes aitf {
	0% { background-position: 0% 50%; }
	100% { background-position: 100% 50%; }
}