Transparent text cut out of background

Question

Is there any way to make a transparent text cut out of a background effect like the one in the following image, with CSS?
It would be sad to lose all pr

Answer 1

mix-blend-mode is also a possibility for that kind of effect .

The mix-blend-mode CSS property sets how an element's content should blend with the content of the element's parent and the element's background.

h1 {
background:white;
mix-blend-mode:screen;

/* demo purpose from here */
padding:0.25em;
mix-blend-mode:screen;
}


html {
background:url(https://i.picsum.photos/id/1069/367/267.jpg?hmac=w5sk7UQ6HGlaOVQ494mSfIe902cxlel1BfGUBpEYoRw)center / cover ;
min-height:100vh;
display:flex;
}
body {margin:auto;}
h1:hover {border:dashed 10px white;background-clip:content-box;box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 2px #fff, 0 0 0 2px #fff}

<h1>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ</h1>

Answer 2

I guess you could achieve something like that using background-clip, but I haven't tested that yet.

See this example:
http://www.css3.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/webkit-backgroundcliptext_color.html
(Webkit only, I don't know yet how to change the black background to a white one)

Answer 3

just put that css

    .banner-sale-1 .title-box .title-overlay {
      font-weight: 900;
      overflow: hidden;
      margin: 0;
      padding-right: 10%;
      padding-left: 10%;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: #080404;
      background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .85);

      /* that css is the main think (mix-blend-mode: lighten;)*/
      mix-blend-mode: lighten;

    }

Answer 4

You can use myadzel's Patternizer jQuery plugin to achieve this effect across browsers. At this time, there is no cross-browser way to do this with just CSS.

You use Patternizer by adding class="background-clip" to HTML elements where you want the text to be painted as an image pattern, and specify the image in an additional data-pattern="…" attribute. See the source of the demo. Patternizer will create an SVG image with pattern-filled text and underlay it to the transparently rendered HTML element.

If, as in the question's example image, the text fill pattern should be a part of a background image extending beyond the "patternized" element, I see two options (untested, my favourite first):

• Use masking instead of a background image in the SVG. As in web-tiki's answer, to which using Patternizer will still add automatic generation of the SVG and an invisible HTML element on top that allows text selection and copying.
• Or use automatic alignment of the pattern image. Can be done with JavaScript code similar to the one in Gijs's answer.

Answer 5

Not possible with CSS just now I'm afraid.

Your best bet is to simply use an image (probably a PNG) and and place good alt/title text on it.

Alternatively you could use a SPAN or a DIV and have the image as a background to that with your text you want for SEO purposes inside it but text-indent it off screen.

Answer 6

It's possible with css3 but it's not supported in all browsers

With background-clip: text; you can use a background for the text, but you will have to align it with the background of the page

body {
    background: url(http://www.color-hex.com/palettes/26323.png) repeat;
    margin:10px;
}
h1 { 
    background-color:#fff;
    overflow:hidden;
    display:inline-block; 
    padding:10px; 
    font-weight:bold;
    font-family:arial;
    color:transparent;
    font-size:200px;
}
span { 
    background: url(http://www.color-hex.com/palettes/26323.png) -20px -20px repeat;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    display:block;
}

<h1><span>ABCDEFGHIKJ</span></h1>

http://jsfiddle.net/JGPuZ/1337/

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Automatic Alignment

With a little javascript you can align the background automatically:

$(document).ready(function(){
  //Position of the header in the webpage
  var position = $("h1").position();
  var padding = 10; //Padding set to the header
  var left = position.left + padding;
  var top = position.top + padding;
  $("h1").find("span").css("background-position","-"+left+"px -"+top+"px"); 
});

body {
    background: url(http://www.color-hex.com/palettes/26323.png) repeat;
    margin:10px;
}
h1 { 
    background-color:#fff;
    overflow:hidden;
    display:inline-block; 
    padding:10px; 
    font-weight:bold;
    font-family:arial;
    color:transparent;
    font-size:200px;
}
span { 
    background: url(http://www.color-hex.com/palettes/26323.png) -20px -20px repeat;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    display:block;
}

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h1><span>ABCDEFGHIKJ</span></h1>

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http://jsfiddle.net/JGPuZ/1336/