Complex Text Shadow Examples

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Complex Text Shadow Examples

Compilation of some fancy text shadows from around the web:

• http://blog.typekit.com/2011/07/19/shading-with-css-text-shadows/
• http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/two-color-three-dimensional-blocks-and-text/
• http://www.3dcsstext.com/
• http://markdotto.com/playground/3d-text/

A Pen by Duc Nguyen on CodePen.

License.

index.slim

h1.simple Monster Mash

h1.otto Slippery Slime

h1.relief Mummy Mommy

h1.close Graveyard Smash

h1.printers Skeleton Crew

h1.glow Smooth Zombie

h1.vamp Vampire Diaries

script.js

/*
Sources:

https://blog.typekit.com/2011/07/19/shading-with-css-text-shadows/

https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/two-color-three-dimensional-blocks-and-text/

http://www.3dcsstext.com/

http://markdotto.com/playground/3d-text/

*/

style.css

h1 {
  text-align: center;
  font: bold 80px Sans-Serif;
  padding: 40px 0;
}

.simple {
  background: #91877b;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
}

.otto {
  background: #0e8dbc;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #ccc,
               0 2px 0 #c9c9c9,
               0 3px 0 #bbb,
               0 4px 0 #b9b9b9,
               0 5px 0 #aaa,
               0 6px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.1),
               0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1),
               0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3),
               0 3px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.2),
               0 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.25),
               0 10px 10px rgba(0,0,0,.2),
               0 20px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.15);
}

.relief {
  background-color: #3a50d9;
  color: #e0eff2;
  font: italic bold 100px Georgia, Serif;
  text-shadow: -4px 3px 0 #3a50d9, -14px 7px 0 #0a0e27;
}

.close {
  background-color: #fff;	
  color: #202c2d;
  text-shadow:
    0 1px #808d93,
    -1px 0 #cdd2d5,
    -1px 2px #808d93,
    -2px 1px #cdd2d5,
    -2px 3px #808d93,
    -3px 2px #cdd2d5,
    -3px 4px #808d93,
    -4px 3px #cdd2d5,
    -4px 5px #808d93,
    -5px 4px #cdd2d5,
    -5px 6px #808d93,
    -6px 5px #cdd2d5,
    -6px 7px #808d93,
    -7px 6px #cdd2d5,
    -7px 8px #808d93,
    -8px 7px #cdd2d5;
}

.printers {
  background-color: #edde9c;
  color: #bc2e1e;
  text-shadow:
    0 1px 0px #378ab4,
    1px 0 0px #5dabcd,
    1px 2px 1px #378ab4,
    2px 1px 1px #5dabcd,
    2px 3px 2px #378ab4,
    3px 2px 2px #5dabcd,
    3px 4px 2px #378ab4,
    4px 3px 3px #5dabcd,
    4px 5px 3px #378ab4,
    5px 4px 2px #5dabcd,
    5px 6px 2px #378ab4,
    6px 5px 2px #5dabcd,
    6px 7px 1px #378ab4,
    7px 6px 1px #5dabcd,
    7px 8px 0px #378ab4,
    8px 7px 0px #5dabcd;
}

.glow {
  color: #444;
  text-shadow: 
    1px 0px 1px #ccc, 0px 1px 1px #eee, 
    2px 1px 1px #ccc, 1px 2px 1px #eee,
    3px 2px 1px #ccc, 2px 3px 1px #eee,
    4px 3px 1px #ccc, 3px 4px 1px #eee,
    5px 4px 1px #ccc, 4px 5px 1px #eee,
    6px 5px 1px #ccc, 5px 6px 1px #eee,
    7px 6px 1px #ccc;
}

.vamp {
  color: #92a5de;
  background: red;
  text-shadow:0px 0px 0 rgb(137,156,213),1px 1px 0 rgb(129,148,205),2px 2px 0 rgb(120,139,196),3px 3px 0 rgb(111,130,187),4px 4px 0 rgb(103,122,179),5px 5px 0 rgb(94,113,170),6px 6px 0 rgb(85,104,161),7px 7px 0 rgb(76,95,152),8px 8px 0 rgb(68,87,144),9px 9px 0 rgb(59,78,135),10px 10px 0 rgb(50,69,126),11px 11px 0 rgb(42,61,118),12px 12px 0 rgb(33,52,109),13px 13px 0 rgb(24,43,100),14px 14px 0 rgb(15,34,91),15px 15px 0 rgb(7,26,83),16px 16px 0 rgb(-2,17,74),17px 17px 0 rgb(-11,8,65),18px 18px 0 rgb(-19,0,57),19px 19px 0 rgb(-28,-9,48), 20px 20px 0 rgb(-37,-18,39),21px 21px 20px rgba(0,0,0,1),21px 21px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0px 0px 20px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}