Auto-resizing skewed background in CSS (+ images?)

Question

I\'m going to convert this PSD image to CSS. I\'ve multiple h2s in multiple pages, so the inner text lenght and background-color may vary. Therefore the background should automa

Answer 1

For anyone who's interested, here's my temporary solution: live demo.

I used this sprite image:

html:

Short title


A bit longer title


A damn long title is here!

(the .container div is only needed for variations)

css:

.sub-heading, .sub-heading:after, .sub-heading:before {
    background:url(tha-sprite-url.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
}

.sub-heading {
    position:relative;
    display:inline-block; clear:both;
    margin-left:31px; padding:0 18px 10px 0;
    font-size:25px; font-weight:normal; color:#FFF; line-height:47px;
    background-position:0 -75px;
    background-size:100% 282px; /* the sprite's height */
}

.sub-heading:before, .sub-heading:after { content:" "; position:absolute; top:0; }
.sub-heading:before { left:-31px; width:31px; height:57px; }
.sub-heading:after { right:-12px; width:12px; height:42px; background-position:-150px 0; }

.sub-heading-txt {
    display:block;
    -webkit-transform:rotate(-2deg); -ms-transform:rotate(-2deg); transform:rotate(-2deg);
}

/* variations */
.container { margin-bottom:10px; }
.container:nth-child(3n+2) .sub-heading { background-position:0 -150px; }
.container:nth-child(3n+2) .sub-heading:before { background-position:-50px 0; }
.container:nth-child(3n+2) .sub-heading:after { background-position:-175px 0; }
.container:nth-child(3n+3) .sub-heading { background-position:0 -225px; }
.container:nth-child(3n+3) .sub-heading:before { background-position:-100px 0; }
.container:nth-child(3n+3) .sub-heading:after { background-position:-200px 0; }

Works on IE9+

Unfortunately, background-size property doesn't support an "inherit" value, so the actual sprite's height must be set in the css :-( I'm still looking for a more efficient solution.