CSS Tricks for Headings, Fonts and Text Styling

@face-font

MEgalopolisExtraRegular

KomikaAxisRegular

OrbitronLight

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@font-face {
    font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
    src: url('megalopolisextra-webfont.eot');
    src: url('megalopolisextra-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('megalopolisextra-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
         url('megalopolisextra-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
         url('megalopolisextra-webfont.svg#MEgalopolisExtraRegular') format('svg');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'KomikaAxisRegular';
    src: url('komikax_-webfont.eot');
    src: url('komikax_-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('komikax_-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
         url('komikax_-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
         url('komikax_-webfont.svg#MEgalopolisExtraRegular') format('svg');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}

@font-face {
    font-family: 'OrbitronLight';
    src: url('orbitron-light-webfont.eot');
    src: url('orbitron-light-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
         url('orbitron-light-webfont.woff') format('woff'),
         url('orbitron-light-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),
         url('orbitron-light-webfont.svg#MEgalopolisExtraRegular') format('svg');
    font-weight: normal;
    font-style: normal;
}
		

Font Styles

Algerian style

Castellar style

outline style

Linking style

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.algerian {
	font-family:Kondolar-Regular, Georgia, serif;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #FFFFFF, 2px 2px 0 #000000;
}
.castellar {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
	text-shadow: -1px 0 0 #000000, 1px 1px 0 #000000, 
			2px -1px 0 #000000, 3px 0 0 #000000;
}
.outline {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	font-family: 'OrbitronLight';
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #000000, -1px 1px 0 #000000, 
			1px -1px 0 #000000, -1px -1px 0 #000000;
}
.linking {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	letter-spacing:-3px;
	font-family:Kondolar-Regular, Georgia, serif;
	text-shadow: 3px 2px 0 #000000, -3px 2px 0 #000000, 
			3px -2px 0 #000000, -3px -2px 0 #000000, 
			4px 1px 0 #000000, -4px 1px 0 #000000, 
			4px -1px 0 #000000, -4px -1px 0 #000000;
}		
		

Inset Effect

inset heading

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h2 {
	color: #444444;
	font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
	text-transform: uppercase;
	text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #000000, 1px 1px 1px #CCCCCC;
}
p {
	background: #CCCCCC;
	text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #FFFFFF;
}
p.clean {
	text-shadow: none;
}
		

Embossed Effect

embossed

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#emboss {
	color: #ECECF6;
	font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
	text-shadow: -1px -1px 1px #fff, 1px 1px 1px #000;
}
#emboss h2 {
	opacity: 0.5;
}
		

Shadow Blurring

Burning

Neon Lighting

Bluring

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.burning {
	color: #FFF0E8;
	font-family: 'KomikaAxisRegular';
	text-shadow: 0 -1px 4px #FFFFFF, 0 -2px 10px #FFDD00, 
			0 -10px 20px #ff8000, 0 -15px 20px red;
}
.neon {
	color: #D0F8FF;
	font-family: 'OrbitronLight';
	text-shadow: 0 0 5px #A5F1FF, 0 0 10px #A5F1FF, 
			0 0 20px #A5F1FF, 0 0 30px #A5F1FF, 
			0 0 40px #A5F1FF;
}
.blur {
	color: rgba(255,255,255,0);
	text-shadow: 0 0 5px #FFFFFF, 0 0 10px #FFFFFF;
}	
		

Multiple Shadow-Layers

Vintage Retro

3D TEXT

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.retro {
	background: #D8C083;
	color: #C29018;
	font-family: Verdana;
	text-shadow: 3px 3px 0 #BF5E1A, 7px 6px 0 #5C3D28;
}
.threed {
	color: #CCCCCC;
	font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
	text-shadow: 
		0 1px 0 #999999, 
		0 2px 0 #888888, 
		0 3px 0 #777777, 
		0 4px 0 #666666, 
		0 5px 0 #555555, 
		0 6px 0 #444444, 
		0 7px 0 #333333, 
		0 8px 0 #333333, 
		0 9px 0 #333333, 
		0 10px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), 
		0 11px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}	
		

CSS3 Masking

Masking

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h2 {
	color: #FFFFFF;
	-webkit-mask-box-image: url(mask.png) 0 0 repeat;
}
		

CSS3 Gradient

Gradient ...

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#gradient {
	position: relative;
}
#gradient h2 {
	color: #117FB2;
	position: relative;
	z-index: 10;
	-webkit-mask-box-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 
			left top, left bottom, 
			color-stop(20%,rgba(0,0,0,1)), 
			color-stop(100%,rgba(0,0,0,0)));
}
#gradient:after {
	content: 'Gradient ...';
	width:100%;
	font-size: 4em;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-family: 'MEgalopolisExtraRegular';
	text-align: center;
	padding: 10px 0;
	color: #000000;
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
}
		

Click Effects

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#click a:active {
	position: relative;
	top: 1px;
}
#click a.button {
	text-decoration: none;
	font-weight: bold;
	color: #000000;
	padding: 5px 20px;
	background: #CCCCCC;
	border: 1px solid;
	border-color: #AAAAAA #000000 #000000 #AAAAAA;
}
#click a.button:active {
	position: relative;
	top: 1px;
	left: 1px;
	border-color: #000000 #AAAAAA #AAAAAA #000000;
}
		

CSS Pseudo-Classes for Paragraph

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#paragraph p {
	-moz-column-count: 2;
	-webkit-column-count: 2;
	column-count: 2;
	-moz-column-gap: 40px;
	-webkit-column-gap: 40px;
	column-gap: 40px;
	text-align: justify;
}

#paragraph p:first-child {
	-moz-column-count: 1;
	-webkit-column-count: 1;
	column-count: 1;
	font-style: italic;
	color: #777777;
} 
#paragraph p:first-child:first-letter {
	font-size: 250%;
	margin: 10px 7px 0;
	float: left;
}

#paragraph p.green::selection{
	background: green;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#paragraph p.green::-moz-selection{
	background: green;
	color: #FFFFFF;
}
#paragraph p.red::selection{
	background: red;
}
#paragraph p.red::-moz-selection{
	background: red;
}
#paragraph p.blue::selection{
	background: blue;
	color: #FFF296;
}
#paragraph p.blue::-moz-selection{
	background: blue;
	color: #FFF296;
}