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NathanielSantley
NathanielSantley

Reputation: 293

How to make a background image "shine through" the letters of a text

Okay. My title probably did not give you a good enough idea of what my problem actually is, but I don't really know how to sum up this particular problem in a title. Here is my code:

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Londrina+Sketch');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ranga');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rubik+Mono+One');
body {
  background: url("http://wallpapercave.com/wp/X5iq6dZ.jpg");
}

header {
  background: url(https://raw.github.com/mmoustafa/Chalkboard/master/img/bg.png);
  color: white;
  padding-top: 15px;
  padding-left: 15px;
  padding-right: 15px;
  border-radius: 50px;
}

header h1 {
  font-family: 'Londrina Sketch', cursive;
  font-size: 2em;
  margin-right: 50px;
}

header nav {
  display: inline;
  position: relative;
  bottom: 50px;
  left: 80%;
}

header nav a {
  font-family: 'Ranga', cursive;
  text-decoration: overline;
  margin-right: 25px;
  color: white;
  font-size: 1.5em;
}

header nav a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: grey;
}

#section1 span {
  color: transparent;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-family: 'Rubik Mono One', sans-serif;
  display: inline-block;
  background: white
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

<head>
  <title>Nathaniel Santley | Welcome to my site!</title>
  <link href="NathanielSantley.css" rel="stylesheet">
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="description" content="Hi!  My name is Nathaniel Santley.  I'm a programming enthusiast, video game lover, and a nerd down to the core.">
  <meta name="keywords" content="nathaniel, santley, Nathaniel, Santley, programming, video, games">
  <meta name="author" content="Nathaniel Santley">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>

<body>
  <header>
    <h1>Nathaniel Santley</h1>
    <nav>
      <a href="#">Home</a>
      <a href="#">About Me</a>
      <a href="#">Contact Me</a>
    </nav>
  </header>
  <section id="section1">
    <span><h1>NATHANIEL SANTLEY</h1><br /><h2>Programming enthusiast.<br />Video game lover.<br />Nerd down to the core.</h2></span>
  </section>
  <section>

  </section>
  <footer>

  </footer>
</body>

I want the #section1 span to have the background of white and I want the image to go through the h1 and h2 (not the white background), but I don't know how to do this.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1011

Answers (1)

Johannes
Johannes

Reputation: 67768

Here's a solution for you. Changes are only in the last two CSS rules:

@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Londrina+Sketch');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ranga');
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rubik+Mono+One');
body {
    background: url("http://wallpapercave.com/wp/X5iq6dZ.jpg");
}
header {
    background:
url(https://raw.github.com/mmoustafa/Chalkboard/master/img/bg.png);
    color: white;
    padding-top: 15px;
    padding-left: 15px;
    padding-right: 15px;
    border-radius: 50px;
}
header h1 {
    font-family: 'Londrina Sketch', cursive;
    font-size: 2em;
    margin-right: 50px;
}
header nav {
    display: inline;
    position: relative;
    bottom: 50px;
    left: 80%;
}
header nav a {
    font-family: 'Ranga', cursive;
    text-decoration: overline;
    margin-right: 25px;
    color: white;
    font-size: 1.5em;
}
header nav a:hover {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: grey;
}
#section1 span {
    font-weight: 900;
    font-family: 'Rubik Mono One', sans-serif;
    display: inline-block;
    background: white
}
#section1 span h1, #section1 span h2 {
  background: url(http://wallpapercave.com/wp/X5iq6dZ.jpg) -115px -95px no-repeat;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}
<head>
    <title>Nathaniel Santley | Welcome to my site!</title>
    <link href="NathanielSantley.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="description" content="Hi!  My name is Nathaniel Santley.  I'm a programming enthusiast, video game lover, and a nerd down to the core.">
    <meta name="keywords" content="nathaniel, santley, Nathaniel, Santley, programming, video, games">
    <meta name="author" content="Nathaniel Santley">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
</head>
<body>
    <header>
        <h1>Nathaniel Santley</h1>
        <nav>
            <a href="#">Home</a>
            <a href="#">About Me</a>
            <a href="#">Contact Me</a>
        </nav>
    </header>
    <section id="section1">
        <span><h1>NATHANIEL SANTLEY</h1><br /><h2>Programming enthusiast.<br />Video game lover.<br />Nerd down to the core.</h2></span>
    </section>
    <section>

    </section>
    <footer>

    </footer>
</body>

BTW: I got this from here: https://css-tricks.com/image-under-text/

Upvotes: 6

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