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<div>str<i>e</i>ss</div>

/* 
 * 13 January 2021
 * CSS Stretchy Heading
 * Made in response to my anxiety about the upcoming viva exam (14-15 Jan)
 */

/* === relevant portion === */
:root {
  font-family: "Montserrat", "Arial", sans-serif;
  font-size: 7em;

  --color: #fff;
  --color-accent-1: hsl(50, 100%, 79%);
  --color-accent-2: hsl(340, 100%, 39%);
}

div {
  position: relative;
  filter: drop-shadow(0.15em 0.1em 0.3em var(--color-accent-2));
  color: var(--color);

  width: min(70%, 1000px);
  min-width: fit-content;
  max-width: calc(100% - 0.5em);

  transition: all ease-out 100ms;
  padding: 0 0.3em;
  font-weight: 800;

  /*  touch-action: none; */
  text-transform: uppercase;
  white-space: nowrap;
  resize: horizontal;
  overflow: hidden;

  opacity: 0;
  animation: fade-in ease-out 300ms 1.2s forwards;
  display: flex;
}

i {
  /* === stretch up! */
  flex: 1;

  /* === type geometry */
  --offset-left: 0.1ch;
  --offset-top: 0.396ch;
  --offset-top-center: 0.79ch;
  --offset-bottom: 0.36ch;
  --offset-right: 0.18ch;
  --offset-right-center: 0.28ch;
  --letter-height: 1.02ch;
  --letter-pillar-width: 0.28ch;
  --letter-pillar-height: 0.24ch;
  --paint: linear-gradient(var(--color) 0 0);

  background-image: var(--paint), var(--paint), var(--paint), var(--paint);

  background-position: 
    /* the "|" of "E" */ var(--offset-left) var(--offset-top),
    /* the "ˉ" of "E" */ var(--offset-left) var(--offset-top),
    /* the "_" of "E" */ left var(--offset-left) bottom var(--offset-bottom),
    /* the "-" of "E" */ var(--offset-left) var(--offset-top-center);

  background-size: var(--letter-pillar-width) var(--letter-height),
    calc(100% - var(--offset-right)) var(--letter-pillar-height),
    calc(100% - var(--offset-right)) var(--letter-pillar-height),
    calc(100% - var(--offset-right-center)) var(--letter-pillar-height);

  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  font-style: normal;
  color: #fff0;
  opacity: 0.98;
}

/* === to make things look pretty === */
* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

html,
body {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background-color: #000;
}

html::before {
  content: "";
  position: fixed;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  display: block;
  background-image: linear-gradient(
    -45deg,
    var(--color-accent-1),
    var(--color-accent-2)
  );
}

body {
  display: flex;
  place-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

@keyframes fade-in {
  to {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

::selection {
  color: var(--color);
  background-color: var(--color-accent-2);
}