<div class="row">
  <div class="block">
    <h1>
      <span>EST MMXIII</span>
    </h1>
   </div>
</div>
@import "compass/css3";

$freshcolor	  : #47b372;
$darkcolor 		: #192238;

$basefont : "Times New Roman", times, serif;
$basefontsize : 24;
$baselineheight : 1.5;
$baseline-unit: $basefontsize * $baselineheight;
$basefontpercent: $basefontsize/16 * 100;

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
}

body {
  font: #{$basefontpercent}%/#{$baselineheight} $basefont ;
  background: $darkcolor;
  text-align: center;
}

.row {
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  margin: auto;
}

.block {
  display: table-cell;
  width: 100%;
  vertical-align: middle;
  position: relative;
}

h1 {
  position: relative;
	display: inline-block;
	font-family: $basefont;
	font-weight: 500;
	letter-spacing: 0.15em;
	white-space: nowrap;
	text-align: center;
  font-size: 1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;

	&:after,
	&:before {
		content: " ";
		display: block;
		position: absolute;
		bottom: -.5em;
		width: 1em;
		height: 100%;
		background-color: lighten($freshcolor,10);
		pointer-events:none;
	}

	&:after {
		right: -.57em;
		z-index: -1;
	}

	&:before {
		bottom: auto;
		top: -.5em;
		left: -.57em;
		z-index: -1;
	}

	span {
		display: inline-block;
		position: relative;
		padding: .15em .75em;
		text-decoration: none;
		color: darken($darkcolor,0);
		background-color: lighten($freshcolor,20);


		&:after,
		&:before {
			content: " ";
			display: block;
			position: absolute;
			width: 0;
			height: 0;
			bottom: -.5em;
			left: -.05em;
			pointer-events: none;
			-webkit-mask: none;
		}

		&:before {
			bottom: auto;
			top: -.5em;
			border-bottom: .5em solid darken($freshcolor,10);
			border-left: .5em solid transparent;
		}

		&:after {
			left:  auto;
			right: -.05em;
			border-top: .5em solid darken($freshcolor,10);
			border-right: .5em solid transparent;
		}
	}

}
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