86 lines
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86 lines
2.7 KiB
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### Pretty text underline
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A nicer alternative to `text-decoration: underline` where descenders do not clip the underline.
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Natively implemented as `text-decoration-skip-ink: auto` but it has less control over the underline.
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#### HTML
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```html
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<p class="pretty-text-underline">Pretty text underline without clipping descending letters.</p>
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```
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#### CSS
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```css
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.pretty-text-underline {
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font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
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display: inline;
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font-size: 18px;
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text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #f5f6f9, -1px 1px 0 #f5f6f9, -1px -1px 0 #f5f6f9, 1px -1px 0 #f5f6f9;
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background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, currentColor 100%, transparent 100%);
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background-position: 0 0.98em;
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background-repeat: repeat-x;
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background-size: 1px 1px;
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}
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.pretty-text-underline::-moz-selection {
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background-color: rgba(0, 150, 255, 0.3);
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text-shadow: none;
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}
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.pretty-text-underline::selection {
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background-color: rgba(0, 150, 255, 0.3);
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text-shadow: none;
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}
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```
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#### Demo
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<div class="snippet-demo">
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<p class="snippet-demo__pretty-text-underline">Pretty text underline without clipping descending letters.</p>
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</div>
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<style>
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.snippet-demo__pretty-text-underline {
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font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
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display: inline;
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font-size: 18px !important;
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text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 #f5f6f9,
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-1px 1px 0 #f5f6f9,
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-1px -1px 0 #f5f6f9,
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1px -1px 0 #f5f6f9;
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background-image: linear-gradient(90deg, currentColor 100%, transparent 100%);
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background-position: 0 0.98em;
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background-repeat: repeat-x;
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background-size: 1px 1px;
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}
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.snippet-demo__pretty-text-underline::-moz-selection {
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background-color: rgba(0, 150, 255, 0.3);
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text-shadow: none;
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}
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.snippet-demo__pretty-text-underline::selection {
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background-color: rgba(0, 150, 255, 0.3);
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text-shadow: none;
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}
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</style>
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#### Explanation
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1. `text-shadow: ...` has 4 values with offsets that cover a 4x4 px area to ensure the underline
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has a "thick" shadow that covers the line where descenders clip it. Use a color
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that matches the background. For a larger font, use a larger `px` size.
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2. `background-image: linear-gradient(...)` creates a 90deg gradient with the current
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text color (`currentColor`).
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3. The `background-*` properties size the gradient as 1x1px at the bottom and repeats it along the x-axis.
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4. The `::selection` pseudo selector ensures the text shadow does not interfere with text
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selection.
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#### Browser support
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<span class="snippet__support-note">⚠️ The distance of the underline from the text depends on the internal metrics of a font, so you must ensure everyone sees the same font (i.e. no system fonts which will change based on the OS).</span>
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* https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-textshadow
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* https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-gradients
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