Text Effects & Typography
Text Effects & Typography — Advanced CSS text effects: text-shadow, text-stroke, overflow handling, line clamping, and decorative text. The guide walks through Text Overflow & Clamping, Text Shadow & Stroke, Word Breaking & Hyphenation, Font Loading & Performance. text-overflow: ellipsis shows "..." when text exceeds its container. Requires overflow: hidden and white-space: nowrap. CSS line-clamp limits text to N lines: display: -webkit-box; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; overflow: hidden. This creates a multi-line ellipsis effect. For fallback, use max-height with overflow: hidden. text-shadow adds depth: text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5). Multiple shadows: text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px red, 0 0 1em blue. -webkit-text-stroke creates outline text: -webkit-text-stroke: 2px black; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent. Combine with text-shadow for neon and glow effects. The guide is organized into 4 sections that build on each other, each pairing a prose explanation with real CSS you can use as-is. Related guides: CSS Introduction, CSS Selectors, CSS Box Model, CSS Flexbox, CSS Grid.