Pure CSS button

CSS Test-Button.md

CSS Test: Button

My solution to a Pen by Mobify on CodePen.

License.

index.html

<!-- do not change the markup -->
<!--[if gte IE 9]>
  <style type="text/css">
    .gradient {
       filter: none;
    }
  </style>
<![endif]-->
<div>
  <a href="#">Checkout</a>
</div>

style.css

/*
    
    INSTRUCTIONS

    Using CSS properties alone, recreate this button: 

        http://i.imgur.com/gnZnY.png. 

    Spend no longer than 15 minutes on it, we don't 
    expect it to be a perfect match. It's open book, 
    feel free to hit Google but be prepared to 
    explain your solution.

*/
div {
  margin: 7em 33em;
}
a {
  padding: 0.7em;
  font: bold 1.35em "Helvetica";
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-shadow: 1px 0 0 #eee;
  color: #666;
  background: #eee; /* Old browsers */
  /* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
  background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
  /* FF3.6+ */
  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #eee 0%, #ccc 100%);
  /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#eee), color-stop(100%,#ccc));
  /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #eee 0%,#ccc 100%);
  /* Opera 11.10+ */
  background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #eee 0%,#ccc 100%);
  /* IE10+ */
  background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #eee 0%,#ccc 100%);
  /* W3C */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #eee 0%,#ccc 100%);
  /* IE6-8 */
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#eee', endColorstr='#ccc',GradientType=0 );
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow:
    0 1px 4px 1px #999,
    0 0 0 7px #ccc,
    0 0 0 9px #fff,
    0 0 0 11px #444;
}
a:before, a:after {
  content: "\2605";
  color: #868686;
  text-shadow: 1px 0 0 #eee;  
}
a:before {
  padding-right: 0.5em;
}
a:after {
  padding-left: 0.5em;
}