Slanted Corner on CSS box

Question

I have been playing with CSS for only a short time and am trying to have a normal box but with the top left hand corner cut off at a 45 degree angle. Not a small amount eith

Answer 1

Descriptions

Slantastic (http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/slantastic/demo.html) supports old browsers. For CSS3-specific, try CSS polygons: http://alastairc.ac/2007/02/dissecting-css-polygons/.

Code

The HTML:

Hello

The CSS:

.cornered {
    width: 160px;
    height: 0px;
    border-bottom: 40px solid red;
    border-right: 40px solid white;
}
.main {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background-color: red;
}

The result: http://jsfiddle.net/mdQzH/

Alternative Code

To use transparent borders and text in the border section... The HTML:

It's possible to put text up here, too
    but if you want it to follow the slant you have to stack
    several of these.
Hello hello hello hello
hello hello hello hello hello

The CSS:

.outer {
    background-color: #ccffff;
    padding: 10px;
    font-size: x-small;
}
.cornered {
    width: 176px;
    height: 0px;
    border-bottom: 40px solid red;
    border-left: 40px solid transparent;
}
.main {
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    background-color: red;
    padding: 0 8px;
}

The result: http://jsfiddle.net/76EUw/2