Say I have the following code:
Hello world!
And the following CSS:
span{
color:red;
}
The technique of swapping out text for images is common for headers and page navigation, but there really aren't any pure CSS techniques that are cross-browser compatible (this is a nice technique, but isn't something you should rely on).
If you have a finite amount of text that you want to apply the texture to, your best bet is to just replace the text with images manually, as such:
HTML:
<h1 class="title">Title</h1>
CSS:
h1.title {
background: url(images/title.gif) 0 0 no-repeat;
width: 80px;
height: 23px;
text-indent: -10000px; }
This works perfectly fine for me
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
background-image: url(your-image.jpg);
Yes it's possible using svg , you can embed <svg>
over one <div>
and background image over another <div>
, later apply z-index to <div>
. You can use Vector applications like illustrator to create the svg the way you want.
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style>
html
{
background-image:url('lauch.jpg');
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:center;
padding-top:200px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center">
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 15.1.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
width="140px" height="80px" viewBox="0 0 76.25 39.167" enable-background="new 0 0 76.25 39.167" xml:space="preserve">
<text transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 5.9336 30.417)" fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="0.25" stroke-miterlimit="10" font-family="'Tahoma'" font-size="36">Text</text>
</div>
</body>
</html>
it is possible, take a look at this pen here
https://codepen.io/feferonka/pen/eoWLZp
Use this on parent of text:
background-image: url(url);
background-clip: text;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
This is not possible, not even with CSS3. Here's an interesting article on text effects you can use with CSS3.
http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/8-examples-of-stunning-css3-text-effects
Another option is to use a custom font which suites your needs.
This site has an amazing amount of free open-source fonts in every format needed to support all browsers, it even gives you a nice demo file to demonstrate how to implement it in CSS. This is compatible with CSS2.1 as well, making it IE7+ compatible.
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/