Text With Picture Background in Pure CSS

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Ever wanted to put an image into a text, there are some easy ways to do this in Photoshop but what if you want this on a web page with dynamic text? Thankfully there are a few ways to go about doing this. The idea is just to overlay some text over an image and use -webkit-background-clip:text CSS effect to get the desired effect.

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Posted by:Hima Vincent

Hima Vincent is the founder & editor in chief of CodeMyUI. She is a writer by day and a reader by night who helps web designers build awesome projects by sharing amazing code snippets for inspiration. Hobbies include designing, card games, photography and exploring the culinary arts.