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Ribbon - from CSS-Tricks.com
.ribbon {
font-size: 16px !important;
/* This ribbon is based on a 16px font side and a 24px vertical rhythm. I've used em's to position each element for scalability. If you want to use a different font size you may have to play with the position of the ribbon elements */
width: 50%;
position: relative;
background: #ba89b6;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
padding: 1em 2em; /* Adjust to suit */
margin: 2em auto 3em; /* Based on 24px vertical rhythm. 48px bottom margin - normally 24 but the ribbon 'graphics' take up 24px themselves so we double it. */
}
.ribbon:before, .ribbon:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
display: block;
bottom: -1em;
border: 1.5em solid #986794;
z-index: -1;
}
.ribbon:before {
left: -2em;
border-right-width: 1.5em;
border-left-color: transparent;
}
.ribbon:after {
right: -2em;
border-left-width: 1.5em;
border-right-color: transparent;
}
.ribbon .ribbon-content:before, .ribbon .ribbon-content:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
display: block;
border-style: solid;
border-color: #804f7c transparent transparent transparent;
bottom: -1em;
}
.ribbon .ribbon-content:before {
left: 0;
border-width: 1em 0 0 1em;
}
.ribbon .ribbon-content:after {
right: 0;
border-width: 1em 1em 0 0;
}
.non-semantic-protector { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
<div class="non-semantic-protector">
<!-- ribbons and other content in here -->
<h1 class="ribbon">
<strong class="ribbon-content">Everybody loves ribbons</strong>
</h1>
</div>
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