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11 Mar 2012 01:20

11 Mar 2012 01:20

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Lined Paper with CSS

Let's make some lined paper with CSS. The technique is quite simple - all we need is a repeating background gradient to give the effect of lines across the paper, and a pseudo element on the left to give the ruled margin.

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And here's the CSS:

.paper {
    font: normal 12px/1.5 "Lucida Grande", arial, sans-serif;
    width: 300px;
    margin: 0 auto 10px;
    padding: 6px 5px 4px 42px;
    position: relative;
    color: #444;
    line-height: 20px;
    border: 1px solid #d2d2d2;
 
    background: #fff;
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0 0, 0 100%, from(#d9eaf3), color-stop(4%, #fff)) 0 4px;
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #d9eaf3 0%, #fff 8%) 0 4px;
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #d9eaf3 0%, #fff 8%) 0 4px;
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #d9eaf3 0%, #fff 8%) 0 4px;
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top, #d9eaf3 0%, #fff 8%) 0 4px;
    background: linear-gradient(top, #d9eaf3 0%, #fff 8%) 0 4px;
 
    -webkit-background-size: 100% 20px;
    -moz-background-size: 100% 20px;
    -ms-background-size: 100% 20px;
    -o-background-size: 100% 20px;
    background-size: 100% 20px;
 
    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
    -moz-border-radius: 3px;
    border-radius: 3px;
 
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.07);
}
.paper::before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    width: 4px;
    top: 0;
    left: 30px;
    bottom: 0;
    border: 1px solid;
    border-color: transparent #efe4e4;
}

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tags — css gradient paper pseudo-elements