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The Shapes of CSS

The document describes various shapes that can be created using only CSS including squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, stars, polygons, and curved shapes. Each shape is defined by a CSS class selecting an element and applying properties like width, height, borders, and border radii to manipulate the element into the desired geometric form. Over 25 different shapes are displayed that can be reproduced across browsers using standard CSS features.

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The Shapes of CSS

The document describes various shapes that can be created using only CSS including squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, stars, polygons, and curved shapes. Each shape is defined by a CSS class selecting an element and applying properties like width, height, borders, and border radii to manipulate the element into the desired geometric form. Over 25 different shapes are displayed that can be reproduced across browsers using standard CSS features.

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The Shapes of CSS

All of the below use only a single HTML element. Any kind of CSS goes,
as long as it's supported in at least one browser.
#square {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
}

#rectangle {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
}

Square
Rectangle
Circle

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#circle {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
-moz-border-radius: 50px;
-webkit-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
/* Cleaner, but slightly less support: use "50%" as value */

#oval {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
-moz-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
-webkit-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
border-radius: 100px / 50px;
}
/* Cleaner, but slightly less support: use "50%" as value */

#triangle-up {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
}

Oval
Triangle Up
#triangle-down {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid red;
}

#triangle-left {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 100px solid red;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}

#triangle-right {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-left: 100px solid red;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}

Triangle Down
Triangle Left
Triangle Right
#triangle-topleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid red;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
}

#triangle-topright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}

#triangle-bottomleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
}

Triangle Top Left
Triangle Top Right
Triangle Bottom Left
#triangle-bottomright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}

#curvedarrow {
position: relative;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 9px solid transparent;
border-right: 9px solid red;
-webkit-transform: rotate(10deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(10deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(10deg);
-o-transform: rotate(10deg);
}
#curvedarrow:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
border: 0 solid transparent;
border-top: 3px solid red;
border-radius: 20px 0 0 0;
top: -12px;
left: -9px;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
}

Triangle Bottom Right
Curved Tail Arrow
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Trapezoid
#trapezoid {
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
height: 0;
width: 100px;
}

#parallelogram {
width: 150px;
height: 100px;
-webkit-transform: skew(20deg);
-moz-transform: skew(20deg);
-o-transform: skew(20deg);
background: red;
}

#star-six {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid red;
position: relative;
}
#star-six:after {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid red;
position: absolute;
content: "";
top: 30px;
left: -50px;
}

Parallelogram
Star (6-points)
#star-five {
margin: 50px 0;
position: relative;
display: block;
color: red;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
-moz-transform: rotate(35deg);
-webkit-transform: rotate(35deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(35deg);
-o-transform: rotate(35deg);
}
#star-five:before {
border-bottom: 80px solid red;
border-left: 30px solid transparent;
border-right: 30px solid transparent;
position: absolute;
height: 0;
width: 0;
top: -45px;
left: -65px;
display: block;
content: '';
-webkit-transform: rotate(-35deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-35deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-35deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-35deg);
}
#star-five:after {
position: absolute;
display: block;
color: red;
top: 3px;
left: -105px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-70deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-70deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-70deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-70deg);
content: '';
}

Star (5-points)
via Kit MacAllister
Pentagon
#pentagon {
position: relative;
width: 54px;
border-width: 50px 18px 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color: red transparent;
}
#pentagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
height: 0;
width: 0;
top: -85px;
left: -18px;
border-width: 0 45px 35px;
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent red;
}

#hexagon {
width: 100px;
height: 55px;
background: red;
position: relative;
}
#hexagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: -25px;
left: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 25px solid red;
}
#hexagon:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
bottom: -25px;
left: 0;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 25px solid red;
}

Hexagon
Octagon
#octagon {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: red;
position: relative;
}
#octagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
border-bottom: 29px solid red;
border-left: 29px solid #eee;
border-right: 29px solid #eee;
width: 42px;
height: 0;
}
#octagon:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
border-top: 29px solid red;
border-left: 29px solid #eee;
border-right: 29px solid #eee;
width: 42px;
height: 0;
}

#heart {
position: relative;
width: 100px;
height: 90px;
}
#heart:before,
#heart:after {
position: absolute;
content: "";
left: 50px;
top: 0;
width: 50px;
height: 80px;
background: red;
-moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
transform: rotate(-45deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: 0 100%;
-moz-transform-origin: 0 100%;
-ms-transform-origin: 0 100%;
-o-transform-origin: 0 100%;
Heart
via Nicolas Gallagher
transform-origin: 0 100%;
}
#heart:after {
left: 0;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
-moz-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
-ms-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
-o-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
transform-origin :100% 100%;
}

#infinity {
position: relative;
width: 212px;
height: 100px;
}
#infinity:before,
#infinity:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
border: 20px solid red;
-moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 0 50px;
border-radius: 50px 50px 0 50px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
transform: rotate(-45deg);
}
#infinity:after {
left: auto;
right: 0;
-moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 50px 0;
border-radius: 50px 50px 50px 0;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
transform: rotate(45deg);
}

Infinity
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Diamond Square
via Joseph Silber
#diamond {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom-color: red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
#diamond:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px;
top: 50px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top-color: red;
}
#diamond-shield {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 20px solid red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
#diamond-shield:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px; top: 20px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 70px solid red;
}
Diamond Shield
via Joseph Silber
Diamond Narrow
via Joseph Silber
#diamond-narrow {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
#diamond-narrow:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px; top: 70px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 70px solid red;
}
#cut-diamond {
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent red transparent;
border-width: 0 25px 25px 25px;
height: 0;
width: 50px;
position: relative;
margin: 20px 0 50px 0;
}
#cut-diamond:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 25px;
left: -25px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color: red transparent transparent transparent;
border-width: 70px 50px 0 50px;
}
#egg {
Cut Diamond
via Alexander Futekov
Egg
display:block;
width: 126px;
height: 180px;
background-color: red;
-webkit-border-radius: 63px 63px 63px 63px / 108px 108px 72px 72px;
border-radius: 50% 50% 50% 50% / 60% 60% 40% 40%;
}
#pacman {
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 60px solid transparent;
border-top: 60px solid red;
border-left: 60px solid red;
border-bottom: 60px solid red;
border-top-left-radius: 60px;
border-top-right-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 60px;
}
#talkbubble {
width: 120px;
height: 80px;
background: red;
position: relative;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
}
#talkbubble:before {
content:"";
position: absolute;
right: 100%;
top: 26px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 13px solid transparent;
border-right: 26px solid red;
border-bottom: 13px solid transparent;
}
Pac-Man
Talk Bubble
#burst-12 {
background: red;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
}
#burst-12:before, #burst-12:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
background: red;
}
#burst-12:before {
-webkit-transform: rotate(30deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(30deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(30deg);
-o-transform: rotate(30deg);
}
#burst-12:after {
-webkit-transform: rotate(60deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(60deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(60deg);
-o-transform: rotate(60deg);
}
#burst-8 {
background: red;
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
position: relative;
text-align: center;
-webkit-transform: rotate(20deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(20deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(20deg);
-o-transform: rotate(20eg);
}
#burst-8:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
12 Point Burst
via Alan Johnson
8 Point Burst
via Alan Johnson
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
background: red;
-webkit-transform: rotate(135deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(135deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(135deg);
-o-transform: rotate(135deg);
}
#yin-yang {
width: 96px;
height: 48px;
background: #eee;
border-color: red;
border-style: solid;
border-width: 2px 2px 50px 2px;
border-radius: 100%;
position: relative;
}
#yin-yang:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 0;
background: #eee;
border: 18px solid red;
border-radius: 100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
}
#yin-yang:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
background: red;
border: 18px solid #eee;
border-radius:100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
}
Yin Yang
via Alexander Futekov
Badge Ribbon
via Catalin Rosu
#badge-ribbon {
position: relative;
background: red;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
-moz-border-radius: 50px;
-webkit-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
#badge-ribbon:before,
#badge-ribbon:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
border-bottom: 70px solid red;
border-left: 40px solid transparent;
border-right: 40px solid transparent;
top: 70px;
left: -10px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-140deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-140deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-140deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-140deg);
}
#badge-ribbon:after {
left: auto;
right: -10px;
-webkit-transform: rotate(140deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(140deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(140deg);
-o-transform: rotate(140deg);
}
#space-invader{
box-shadow:
0 0 0 1em red,
0 1em 0 1em red,
-2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em red,
2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em red,
-3em -3em 0 0 red,
3em -3em 0 0 red,
-2em -2em 0 0 red,
2em -2em 0 0 red,
-3em -1em 0 0 red,
-2em -1em 0 0 red,
2em -1em 0 0 red,
3em -1em 0 0 red,
-4em 0 0 0 red,
-3em 0 0 0 red,
3em 0 0 0 red,
4em 0 0 0 red,
-5em 1em 0 0 red,
-4em 1em 0 0 red,
4em 1em 0 0 red,
5em 1em 0 0 red,
-5em 2em 0 0 red,
5em 2em 0 0 red,
-5em 3em 0 0 red,
Space Invader
via Vlad Zinculescu
-3em 3em 0 0 red,
3em 3em 0 0 red,
5em 3em 0 0 red,
-2em 4em 0 0 red,
-1em 4em 0 0 red,
1em 4em 0 0 red,
2em 4em 0 0 red;
background: red;
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 50px 0 70px 65px;
}
#tv {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
height: 150px;
margin: 20px 0;
background: red;
border-radius: 50% / 10%;
color: white;
text-align: center;
text-indent: .1em;
}
#tv:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 10%;
bottom: 10%;
right: -5%;
left: -5%;
background: inherit;
border-radius: 5% / 50%;
}
#chevron {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
TV Screen
Chevron
via Anthony Ticknor
padding: 12px;
margin-bottom: 6px;
height: 60px;
width: 200px;
}
#chevron:before {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 51%;
background: red;
-webkit-transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
-moz-transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
-ms-transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
-o-transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
transform: skew(0deg, 6deg);
}
#chevron:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 50%;
background: red;
-webkit-transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
-moz-transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
-ms-transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
-o-transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
transform: skew(0deg, -6deg);
}
#magnifying-glass
{
font-size: 10em; /* This controls the size. */
display: inline-block;
width: 0.4em;
height: 0.4em;
border: 0.1em solid red;
position: relative;
border-radius: 0.35em;
}
#magnifying-glass::before
{
content: "";
display: inline-block;
position: absolute;
right: -0.25em;
bottom: -0.1em;
border-width: 0;
background: red;
width: 0.35em;
height: 0.08em;
-webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
-o-transform: rotate(45deg);
}
Magnifying Glass

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