Small Stickers

A collection of interactive stickers with a thick CSS stroke effect using shadows and text clipping. The CSS below uses a custom Google Font and CSS variables for easier control.

Live Demo

Original Code

HTML

With Pug (Jade):

- const stickers = [
- { class: 'hello', text: 'hello' },
- { class: 'blueming', text: 'blueming' },
- { class: 'palette', text: 'palette' },
- { class: 'lilac', text: 'LILAC' },
- { class: 'love', text: 'love wins all' },
- { class: 'eight', text: 'eight' },
- { class: 'good', text: 'good day' },
- { class: 'friday', text: 'Friday' },
- ]

each sticker in stickers
  .sticker(class=sticker.class,data-text=sticker.text)= sticker.text

Compiled (Native HTML):

<div class="sticker hello" data-text="hello">hello</div>
<div class="sticker blueming" data-text="blueming">blueming</div>
<div class="sticker palette" data-text="palette">palette</div>
<div class="sticker lilac" data-text="LILAC">LILAC</div>
<div class="sticker love" data-text="love wins all">love wins all</div>
<div class="sticker eight" data-text="eight">eight</div>
<div class="sticker good" data-text="good day">good day</div>
<div class="sticker friday" data-text="Friday">Friday</div>

CSS

Note: To run in isolation, apply the styles of .demo-container to the body tag.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cherry+Bomb+One&display=swap");

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  min-height: 100vh;
  color: #222;
  background-color: #ececec;
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 2vw + 0.5rem, 2rem);
  font-family: "Cherry Bomb One", system-ui;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
}

.sticker {
  --text-color: #ffcc33;
  --text-size: 100px;
  --stroke-width: calc(var(--text-size) * 0.5);
  --stroke-color: #fff;
  --outline-width: 1px;
  --outline-color: var(--text-color);

  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  padding: calc(var(--stroke-width) * 0.5);

  font-size: var(--text-size);
  color: var(--text-color);
  white-space: nowrap;

  -webkit-text-stroke: var(--stroke-width) var(--stroke-color);
  paint-order: stroke fill;

  filter: drop-shadow(var(--outline-width) 0 var(--outline-color))
    drop-shadow(calc(var(--outline-width) * -1) 0 var(--outline-color))
    drop-shadow(0 var(--outline-width) var(--outline-color))
    drop-shadow(0 calc(var(--outline-width) * -1) var(--outline-color));

  transition: all 0.3s;
}

.sticker:hover {
  scale: 1.07;
  color: transparent;
}

.sticker:before {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;

  background: linear-gradient(
    40deg,
    var(--text-color) 30%,
    color-mix(in srgb, var(--text-color), #fff 60%) 45% 55%,
    var(--text-color) 70%
  );
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-stroke: initial;

  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.sticker.hello {
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
}

.sticker.blueming {
  --text-color: #8fa0f8;
  --text-size: 50px;
  translate: -180% -100%;
  rotate: -15deg;
}

.sticker.palette {
  --text-color: #7ec27c;
  --text-size: 45px;
  translate: -80% -300%;
  rotate: 10deg;
}

.sticker.lilac {
  --text-color: #f1c1ff;
  --text-size: 60px;
  translate: 50% -230%;
  rotate: 3deg;
}

.sticker.love {
  --text-color: #ffd6d6;
  --text-size: 50px;
  translate: -160% 80%;
}

.sticker.eight {
  --text-color: #c8e7ff;
  --text-size: 50px;
  translate: 150% 100%;
  rotate: -10deg;
}

.sticker.good {
  --text-color: #ffae57;
  --text-size: 50px;
  translate: 80% -50%;
  rotate: 10deg;
}

.sticker.friday {
  --text-color: #ff9797;
  --text-size: 50px;
  translate: -50% 150%;
  rotate: -10deg;
}