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Created September 29, 2013 08:28
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Flags with CSS
.flags {
white-space: nowrap;
}
.flags:nth-child(2) {
margin-left: -320px;
}
.flags:nth-child(3) {
margin-left: -160px;
}
SPAN {
display: inline-block;
width: 160px;
margin: 20px 0;
border-top: 1px solid silver;
}
SPAN {
position: relative;
}
SPAN:before,
SPAN:after {
content: "";
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
border: 25px solid transparent;
border-color: orangered;
}
SPAN:after {
margin-left: 30px;
border-color: gold;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+2):before {
border-color: yellowgreen;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+2):after {
border-color: orange;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+3):before {
border-color: mediumturquoise;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+3):after {
border-color: crimson;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+4):before {
border-color: gold;
}
SPAN:nth-child(4n+4):after {
border-color: steelblue;
}
SPAN:before,
SPAN:after {
border-bottom-color: transparent !important;
}
BODY {
overflow: hidden;
background: white;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prefixfree/1.0.7/prefixfree.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="flags">
<span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
</div>
<div class="flags">
<span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
</div>
<div class="flags">
<span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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