Striped Shadow Text
Solid letters cast an offset shadow made of fine diagonal lines that scroll and breathe, the screen-printed look of retro posters. The shadow is a stacked copy with a tiled stripe clipped to it.
Also known as: hatched text shadow css, retro line shadow text, diagonal stripe shadow.
RETRO
HTML
<div class="txt-striped-shadow-text"><span class="txt-striped-shadow-text-shadow" aria-hidden="true">RETRO</span><span>RETRO</span></div>
CSS
.txt-striped-shadow-text {
--c: var(--txt-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: calc(var(--txt-size, 32px) * 1.7);
font-family: "Arial Black", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
line-height: 1.2;
display: inline-grid;
color: var(--c);}
.txt-striped-shadow-text > span {
grid-area: 1 / 1;
}
/* 45 degree stripes in a square tile repeat seamlessly, so one tile of travel loops */
.txt-striped-shadow-text-shadow {
background: linear-gradient(-45deg, var(--c) 0 16%, transparent 16% 50%, var(--c) 50% 66%, transparent 66%) 0 0 / 0.16em 0.16em;
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
transform: translate(0.08em, 0.08em);
animation:
txt-striped-shadow-text-scroll 0.9s linear infinite,
txt-striped-shadow-text-shift 3s cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.55, 1) infinite alternate;
}
@keyframes txt-striped-shadow-text-scroll {
to { background-position: 0.16em 0; }
}
@keyframes txt-striped-shadow-text-shift {
from { transform: translate(0.05em, 0.05em); }
to { transform: translate(0.11em, 0.11em); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-striped-shadow-text, .txt-striped-shadow-text *, .txt-striped-shadow-text::before, .txt-striped-shadow-text::after, .txt-striped-shadow-text *::before, .txt-striped-shadow-text *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--txt-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Font size: set
--txt-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing40px. - Speed: change the duration on the
transitionoranimationshorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm. - Reduced motion: the rule at the end of the CSS turns the motion off for people who asked their OS for less of it. Keep it.