CSS Text Effects - Five Minimal Examples

Written by Ryan Finni on Oct 04, 2020

With the addition of some new CSS properties in the last few years, frontend developers can now create interesting text visuals much easier. "Knockout" or "cutout" text, where words clip a background image, gradient or video, are possible with very little code.

In this article, we'll explore five CSS text masking and clipping techniques using the background-clip and clip-path properties.

CSS Gradient Text

Gradients

CSS Animated Gradient Text

Animated

CSS Image Background Text

Images

CSS Video Background Text

CSS Split Color Text

Split Colors

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