Wonderful CSS3 Effects

Wonderful CSS3 Effects

Techniques for Responsive Typography

In Articles by Sara Soueidan Nov 19, 201318 Comments

When it comes to responsive type on the web, there’s more to do than just resizing the text’s container and having the text reflow inside of it. This in-depth article covers various techniques for making text responsive. read more

Animated Opening Type

In Tutorials by Diego Pardo Nov 14, 201320 Comments

A tutorial on how to create an interesting animated 3D opening type effect with pseudo-elements, CSS transforms and transitions. The idea is based on Edenspiekermann’s Open Type project and it’s a very creative way to display and play with letters. read more

Elastic Stack: Elastic Dragging Interaction

In Playground by Mary Lou Nov 12, 201315 Comments

ElastiStack is a little script that let’s you navigate through a stack of items by dragging away the first one. It comes with an elastic touch meaning that when dragging the top-most item, the other ones will follow as if they were connected elastically. When reaching a certain distance, the dragged item will release itself and the next item will pop out. read more

CSS Overlay Techniques

In Articles by Sara Soueidan Nov 7, 201361 Comments

There are several techniques for creating overlays: from using an absolutely positioned element to outlines and pseudo-elements. In this article we are going to explore each technique’s styles with their pros and cons. read more

Animated SVG Icons with Snap.svg

In Playground by Mary Lou Nov 5, 201331 Comments

Using SVGs on websites is becoming more and more easy with great libraries like Snap.svg. Today we want to explore what we can do with it and animate some SVG icons as a practical example. read more

Medium-Style Page Transition

In Tutorials by Brian Gonzalez Oct 30, 201362 Comments

An article on how to achieve Medium’s next page transition effect—an effect that can be seen by clicking anywhere on the “Read Next” footer at the bottom of the page. This effect is characterized by the lower article easing upward as the current article fades up and out. read more

Multi-Item Selection

In Playground by Pedro Botelho Oct 29, 20138 Comments

Ever thought that clicking on multiple checkboxes is not a very user-friendly task? Imagine rows and rows of junk mail that you’d like to select in your email app. This little script tries to ease that task by allowing a rapid and simple selection of multiple items by clicking, holding and moving over the desired items. read more

Animations for Thumbnail Grids

In Playground by Mary Lou Oct 23, 201327 Comments

There are many parts of a website where we can apply nice transitions to make things more interesting. Images are certainly great entities for playing with fancy effects and today we’d like to show you some inspiration for thumbnail effects using CSS animations. read more

Animated Checkboxes and Radio Buttons with SVG

In Playground by Mary Lou Oct 15, 201339 Comments

By animating an SVG path with JavaScript, we can do many fancy things. Today we want to show you some effects for checkboxes and radio buttons. The idea is to hide the inputs, use pseudo-elements to create a more appealing style and then animate the SVG paths once an input is selected. read more

A Collection of Separator Styles

In Playground by Mary Lou Oct 3, 201327 Comments

A collection of separator styles for horizontally dividing sections on a website. The dividers are created using several techniques, including styling pseudo-elements, using gradients and inserting SVG graphics with responsiveness in mind. read more

Animated Border Menus

In Tutorials by Mary Lou Sep 30, 201360 Comments

A tutorial on how to create a off-canvas icon navigation with an animated border effect. The menu effect is inspired by CreativeDash’s bounce menu for mobile apps. read more

Wonderful CSS3 Effects