Is there anyway to use this text gradient method and also have a drop shadow on the text. http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/gradient-text/
When I set my dropshadow like
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #000;
Then it messes up my text gradient because the background is set to transparent. Does anyone know of a solution to this for webkit browsers.
You can combine with filter: drop-shadow CSS property that will make the trick.
h1 {
font-size: 72px;
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#eee, #333);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
filter: drop-shadow(2px 2px #333);
}<h1>Example</h1>
updated
Found a solution for you, only problem is it requires the html to have a attribute.
h1 {
font-size: 72px;
background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#eee, #333);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
position:relative;
}
h1:after {
background: none;
content: attr(data-text);
left: 0;
top: 0;
z-index: -1;
position: absolute;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #000;
}
original is here :) http://viget.com/inspire/background-clip-text-shadow-gradients
updated link from comments http://jsfiddle.net/2GgqR/5/
here I added the background color of the background to the :after
h1:after {
background: #f3f3ee;
}
.background{
background-color: #f3f3ee;
position: relative;
z-index: 1;
}
Since some browsers didnt get the "clipping" rule I needed to find a way to create a gradient using just text shadow. So I managed to do it repeating the word and using color transparent . Check the result here
HTML
<h2 class="points">
<p><span class="text">REPEAT THIS WORD</span><span class="gradient">REPEAT THIS WORD</span><span class="gradient">REPEAT THIS WORD</span></p>
</h2>
CSS
html, body {
background: black;
font-size: 16px;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
}
.points {
font-size: 2.8em;
padding: 0 0.2em 0 1em;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-content: center;
width: 100%;
}
.points p {
position: relative;
}
.points span {
width: 100%;
}
.points span.text {
color: white;
position: relative;
text-shadow: -2px 2px 0 #882b06, 2px 2px 0 #882b06, 2px -2px 0 #882b06, -2px -2px 0 #882b06;
}
.points span.gradient {
color: transparent;
position: absolute;
}
.points span:nth-child(2), .points span:last-child {
color: transparent;
left: 0;
overflow: hidden;
right: 0;
width: 100%;
white-space: nowrap;
}
.points span:nth-child(2) {
bottom: 0;
text-shadow: 0 -0.33em 2px #fbe8a1;
height: 0.8em;
}
.points span:last-child {
bottom: 0.2em;
text-shadow: 0 -0.55em 3px #ecb752;
height: 0.4em;
}
I have figured out a solution which does not use filter and z-index. This can be used if you have a background or a foreground:
h1 {
position: relative;
}
h1::after {
background-image: linear-gradient(#f00, #fcc);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
content: attr(data-content);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
h1::before {
text-shadow: #000 1px 1px 2px;
content: attr(data-content);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
Effect: https://jsfiddle.net/m9dtf6po/2/
Of course, since I am using ::before and ::after, an attribute is needed, but the attribute can be shared. The problem of using z-index is that:
This was the problem I faced when I did have a background and a foreground sandwiching my text, as in the following image:
The text S+ needs to be on top of a bar, but on top of all things there can be a box. I actually found this post and tried Karl's solution but the shadow disappeared behind the bar.
