[lug] CSS Question - Really Trivial

[The Matt]

On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 13:44, Evelyn Mitchell wrote:
> * On 2003-03-24 20:16 The Matt <thompsma at colorado.edu> wrote:
> > As the Subject line says, this isn't important, but it got me to
> > wondering about CSS and its capabilities.  Looking at Red Hat's RH9
> > (marketing?) page:
> > 
> > http://www.redhat.com/mktg/rh9iso/
> > 
> > I was struck by how much I hated that "offset" text look of the "Option
> > #"  But, I thought, it'd be interesting to make up a CSS stylesheet that
> > could do that, if possible.
> 
> Well, that page is using images to get that effect.
> 
> > So, to any CSS gurus out there, is there a way to get that "offset text
> > in a box" look like that without resorting to "text images"?  I'm
> > guessing no, but I've been surprised by the power of CSS before.
> 
> You should be able to display the text in a box with 0 margins top and
> left:
<code-snip>

Thanks, yeah, but I was also hoping to get the effect of the "O" in
"Option" blending into the background so it looks cut-off.

Matt
-- 
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