<h1>Simple CSS Speech Bubbles</h1>

<h2>Normal</h2>

<div class="speech-bubble">
  Short text! 
</div>

<h2>Rounded</h2>

<div class="speech-bubble rounded">
  Longer text about nothing at all! 
</div>

<h2>Different color</h2>

<div class="speech-bubble blue">
  Another short text
</div>

<h2>Large size</h2>

<div class="speech-bubble large">
	This is a large one! 
</div>

<h2>Everything combined</h2>

<div class="speech-bubble rounded large blue">
  Everything at once! 
</div>
body {
  margin: 2em;
}

.speech-bubble {
  background: #ddd;
  color: #333;
  display: inline-block;
	font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 4em;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
	padding: 0 1em;
	position: relative;
	text-align: center;
	vertical-align: top;
		min-width: 7em;
}
.speech-bubble:after {
	border: 1em solid transparent;
	border-top-color: #ddd;
	content: '';
	margin-left: -1em;
	position: absolute;
		top: 100%;
		left: 50%;
	width: 0;
	height: 0;
}

.speech-bubble.large {
	font-size: 2em;
	padding: 0 1em;
		min-width: 4em;
}

.speech-bubble.rounded {
	border-radius: .4em;
}

.speech-bubble.blue {
	background: #ddf;
	color: #334;
}
.speech-bubble.blue:after {
	border-top-color: #ddf;
}

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