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Font Techniques
/* Font Techniques */
body {
background: white;
}
p {
text-align: center;
box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
margin: 10px auto;
padding: 10px;
font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Bold";
font-size: 45px;
}
p.black {
color: black;
}
p.red {
color: red;
}
p.text-shadow {
text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
}
p.inset {
-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0,0,0, 0.1);
color: transparent;
text-shadow: 0px 3px 3px rgba(237, 237, 237, 0.6);
}
p.emboss {
color: rgba(255,255,255, 1);
text-shadow: 0px 0px 5px green;
}
p.emboss2 {
-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
color: #ededed;
text-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.5) -1px 0, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) 0 -1px, rgba(255,255,255,0.5) 0 1px, rgba(0,0,0,0.3) -1px -2px;
}
p.inner {
background-color: rgba(200, 200, 200, 7);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
text-shadow: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) 0 2px 6px;
}
p.header {
text-shadow: 0 -1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(transparent), to(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1))) left bottom no-repeat;
-webkit-text-stroke: 1px transparent;
height: 50px;
font-size: 42px;
}
p.header.selected {
color: white;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
background: #79af40;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
}
<!-- content to be placed inside <body>…</body> -->
<p class='black'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='red'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='text-shadow'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='inset'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='emboss'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='emboss2'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='inner'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='header'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
<p class='header selected'>Lorem Ipsum</p>
{"page":"css","view":"split-vertical"}
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