5 Cool Text Shadow Effects in CSS3
CSS3 gives you alot to play with your text and one of them is text-shadow, which seems simple but can be used to create some remarkable effects with a little of creativity. Today I will be going to run through several famous text-shadow examples that you can use it.
1) Long Shadow Effect
[code lang=”css”]
.longshadow {
color: #131313;
background-color: #e7e5e4;
letter-spacing: .15em;
text-shadow: 1px -1px 0 #767676, -1px 2px 1px #737272, -2px 4px 1px #767474, -3px 6px 1px #787777, -4px 8px 1px #7b7a7a, -5px 10px 1px #7f7d7d, -6px 12px 1px #828181, -7px 14px 1px #868585, -8px 16px 1px #8b8a89, -9px 18px 1px #8f8e8d, -10px 20px 1px #949392, -11px 22px 1px #999897, -12px 24px 1px #9e9c9c, -13px 26px 1px #a3a1a1, -14px 28px 1px #a8a6a6, -15px 30px 1px #adabab, -16px 32px 1px #b2b1b0, -17px 34px 1px #b7b6b5, -18px 36px 1px #bcbbba, -19px 38px 1px #c1bfbf, -20px 40px 1px #c6c4c4, -21px 42px 1px #cbc9c8, -22px 44px 1px #cfcdcd, -23px 46px 1px #d4d2d1, -24px 48px 1px #d8d6d5, -25px 50px 1px #dbdad9, -26px 52px 1px #dfdddc, -27px 54px 1px #e2e0df, -28px 56px 1px #e4e3e2;
}
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Learn to create long shadow effect in Photoshop
2) Deep Shadow Effect
[code lang=”css”]
.deepshadow {
color: #e0dfdc;
background-color: #333;
letter-spacing: .1em;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 #ffffff, 0 1px 0 #2e2e2e, 0 2px 0 #2c2c2c, 0 3px 0 #2a2a2a, 0 4px 0 #282828, 0 5px 0 #262626, 0 6px 0 #242424, 0 7px 0 #222222, 0 8px 0 #202020, 0 9px 0 #1e1e1e, 0 10px 0 #1c1c1c, 0 11px 0 #1a1a1a, 0 12px 0 #181818, 0 13px 0 #161616, 0 14px 0 #141414, 0 15px 0 #121212, 0 22px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
}
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3) Inset Shadow Effect
[code lang=”css”]
.insetshadow {
color: #202020;
background-color: #2d2d2d;
letter-spacing: .1em;
text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #111111, 2px 2px 1px #363636;
}
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4) Multi-Level Shadow Effect
[code lang=”css”]
.multilevelshadow {
color: #66757F;
background-color: #F5F8FA;
text-shadow: -10px 10px 0px #8899A6,
-20px 20px 0px #CCD6DD,
-30px 30px 0px #E1E8ED;
}
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5) Retro Style Shadow Effect
[code lang=”css”]
.retroshadow {
color: #2c2c2c;
background-color: #d5d5d5;
letter-spacing: .05em;
text-shadow: 4px 4px 0px #d5d5d5, 7px 7px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
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Just copy the CSS classes and use it in your project.
