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<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="100%">
<text class="stroke-text" x="50%" y="50%">SVG STROKE TEXT</text>
</svg>
<footer>The Definitive Guide to <a href="http://www.coding-dude.com/wp/css/css-stroke-text/">Stroke Text CSS</a> made by <a href="http://www.coding-dude.com">Coding Dude</a></footer>
:root{
font-size:75px;
font-family:sans-serif;
font-weight:bold;
text-align:center;
margin-top:30vh;
}
.stroke-text{
font-size:70px;
text-align:center;
text-anchor:middle;
stroke:dodgerblue;
stroke-width:3px;
fill:none;
}
footer{
position:absolute;
bottom:50px;
right:50px;
font-size:13px;
}

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CSS Stroke Text Using text-shadow. The idea is to have multiple shadows combined all around the text to give the illusion of a real stroke text.

Sample code for CSS text stroke definitive guide on coding-dude.com

A Pen by Ion Emil Negoita on CodePen.

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