A CodePen by charlie hield. CSS Buttons - In this iteration, these buttons only use unicode symbols. You could also use text or icon fonts. Please see my <a href="http://dribbble.com/shots/743236-CSS-Buttons-Widget">Dribbble shot</a> or <a href="http://trinkaus.cc/labs/buttons.html">LABS@TRINKAUS.CC</a> for more examples. The next step would be …

index.html

<div class='buttons'>
      <a href='#' title='Title 1'>
        &#x2606;
      </a>
      <a class='active' href='#' title='Title 2'>
        &#x262F;
      </a>
      <a href='#' title='Title 3'>
        &#x2666;
      </a>
      <a href='#' title='Title 4'>
        &#x267A;
      </a>
    </div>

script.js

(function(){

  $(".buttons").delegate("a", "click", function(e) {
    
    var el       = $(this),    
        buttons  = $('.buttons a');
    
    e.preventDefault();
    
    buttons.removeClass('active');
    
    el.addClass('active');
    
  });
  
})();

style.css

.buttons {
  position: relative;
  white-space: nowrap;
  min-height: 33px;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
	top: 100px;
	margin-left: 50px }
  .buttons a {
    -webkit-animation: bounceInDown 900ms 200ms ease-in-out both;
    -moz-animation: bounceInDown 900ms 200ms ease-in-out both;
    -ms-animation: bounceInDown 900ms 200ms ease-in-out both;
    -o-animation: bounceInDown 900ms 200ms ease-in-out both;
    animation: bounceInDown 900ms 200ms ease-in-out both;
    width: 50px;
    height: 33px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
		text-decoration: none;
    padding-top: 9px;
    outline-width: 0px;
    z-index: 990;
    color: #a675b3;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 26px;
    display: block; }
    .buttons a:not(.active) {
      -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(111, 55, 125, 0.8), inset 0 -1px 0px rgba(63, 59, 113, 0.2), 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 4px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 0 1px #150a1e;
      -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(111, 55, 125, 0.8), inset 0 -1px 0px rgba(63, 59, 113, 0.2), 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 4px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 0 1px #150a1e;
      box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(111, 55, 125, 0.8), inset 0 -1px 0px rgba(63, 59, 113, 0.2), 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 4px 3px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 0 1px #150a1e;
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, #3b2751), color-stop(100%, #271739));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#3b2751, #271739);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(#3b2751, #271739);
      background-image: -o-linear-gradient(#3b2751, #271739);
      background-image: linear-gradient(#3b2751, #271739);
      text-shadow: 0 0 21px rgba(223, 206, 228, 0.5), 0 -1px 0 #311d47; }
      .buttons a:not(.active):hover, .buttons a:not(.active):focus {
        -webkit-transition: color 200ms linear;
        -moz-transition: color 200ms linear;
        -o-transition: color 200ms linear;
        transition: color 200ms linear;
        -webkit-transition: text-shadow 500ms linear;
        -moz-transition: text-shadow 500ms linear;
        -o-transition: text-shadow 500ms linear;
        transition: text-shadow 500ms linear;
        color: #caadd2;
        text-shadow: 0 0 21px rgba(223, 206, 228, 0.5), 0 0 10px rgba(223, 206, 228, 0.4), 0 0 2px #2a153c; }
      .buttons a:not(.active):active {
        color: #e4e3ce !important; }
    .buttons a.active, .buttons a:active {
      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 0 0 0 1px #170c22, 0 2px 1px 0 rgba(121, 65, 135, 0.5), inset 0 0 4px 3px rgba(15, 8, 22, 0.2);
      -moz-box-shadow: 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 0 0 0 1px #170c22, 0 2px 1px 0 rgba(121, 65, 135, 0.5), inset 0 0 4px 3px rgba(15, 8, 22, 0.2);
      box-shadow: 0 9px 16px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1), 0 0 0 1px #170c22, 0 2px 1px 0 rgba(121, 65, 135, 0.5), inset 0 0 4px 3px rgba(15, 8, 22, 0.2);
      background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, #1f132e), color-stop(100%, #311d47));
      background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#1f132e, #311d47);
      background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(#1f132e, #311d47);
      background-image: -o-linear-gradient(#1f132e, #311d47);
      background-image: linear-gradient(#1f132e, #311d47);
      text-shadow: 0 0 21px rgba(223, 206, 228, 0.5), 0 0 10px rgba(223, 206, 228, 0.4), 0 0 2px #2a153c;
      color: #e4e3ce; }
      .buttons a.active:before, .buttons a:active:before {
        position: absolute;
        display: block;
        content: "";
        width: 1px;
        height: 36px;
        top: 1px;
        left: -2px;
        background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0)), color-stop(41%, #5b2369), color-stop(59%, #5b2369), color-stop(100%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0)));
        background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        -webkit-box-shadow: -2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369;
        -moz-box-shadow: -2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369;
        box-shadow: -2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369; }
      .buttons a.active:after, .buttons a:active:after {
        position: absolute;
        display: block;
        content: "";
        width: 1px;
        height: 36px;
        top: 1px;
        right: -2px;
        background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0)), color-stop(41%, #5b2369), color-stop(59%, #5b2369), color-stop(100%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0)));
        background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: -o-linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(91, 35, 105, 0), #5b2369 41%, #5b2369 59%, rgba(91, 35, 105, 0));
        -webkit-box-shadow: 2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369;
        -moz-box-shadow: 2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369;
        box-shadow: 2px 0 6px 0 #5b2369; }
    .buttons a.active {
      z-index: 1000; }
    .buttons a:active {
      z-index: 999; }
    .buttons a:last-of-type {
      -webkit-border-radius: 0 7px 7px 0;
      -moz-border-radius: 0 7px 7px 0;
      -ms-border-radius: 0 7px 7px 0;
      -o-border-radius: 0 7px 7px 0;
      border-radius: 0 7px 7px 0; }
    .buttons a:first-of-type {
      -webkit-border-radius: 7px 0 0 7px;
      -moz-border-radius: 7px 0 0 7px;
      -ms-border-radius: 7px 0 0 7px;
      -o-border-radius: 7px 0 0 7px;
      border-radius: 7px 0 0 7px;
      left: 0; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(2) {
      left: 51px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(3) {
      left: 102px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(4) {
      left: 153px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(5) {
      left: 204px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(6) {
      left: 255px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(7) {
      left: 306px; }
    .buttons a:nth-of-type(8) {
      left: 357px; }
    .buttons a i:before {
      margin-left: 2px;
      font-size: 22px; }
    .buttons a i.icon-bar-chart:before {
      font-size: 20px;
      margin-top: 0px; }
    .buttons a i.icon-sync:before {
      font-size: 20px;
      margin-left: 3px;
      margin-top: 1px; }
    .buttons a i.icon-download:before {
      font-size: 19px;
      margin-top: 1px;
      margin-left: 4px; }


/* peripherial stuff: text and body */
p { position: absolute; bottom: 50px; left: 13px; right: 50px; color: #a99bad; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin-top: 250px; margin-left: 50px  }
p > a { color: white; font-weight: bold; }
body, html { padding: 0; height: 100%; overflow: hidden; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, color-stop(0%, #862077), color-stop(100%, #140027));
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#862077, #140027);
  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(#862077, #140027);
  background-image: -o-linear-gradient(#862077, #140027);
  background-image: linear-gradient(#862077, #140027); }