<h1 style="--text: 'His Dark Materials';"><span>His</span> Dark Materials</h1>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Josefin+Sans:400,700&display=swap');

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  display: flex;
  min-height: 100vh;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

h1 {
  --low: 20%;
  --high: 80%;
  --gap: 0.9rem;
  --offset: calc(var(--gap) / 2);
  
  --clip1: polygon(calc(var(--high) + var(--offset)) 0, 100% 0, 100% 100%, calc(var(--low) + var(--offset)) 100%);
  --clip2: polygon(calc(var(--high) - var(--offset)) 0, calc(var(--low) - var(--offset)) 100%, 0 100%, 0 0);
  
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Josefin Sans', sans-serif;
  font-size: 3rem;
  line-height: 1;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  position: relative;
  max-width: 30rem;
  color: transparent;
  
  @media (min-width: 40rem) {
    font-size: 5rem;
  }
  
  span {
    color: white;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -0.03em;
  }
  
  &::before,
  &::after {
    content: var(--text);
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    z-index: -1;
  }
  
  &::after {
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -0.03em;
    -webkit-clip-path: var(--clip1);
    clip-path: var(--clip1);
  }
  
  &::before {
    font-weight: 400;
    -webkit-clip-path: var(--clip2);
    clip-path: var(--clip2);
  }
}
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