Last Updated: May 31, 2021
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· mehmetbat

The Shapes of Css

#css
#mbat
#shapes

Examine the following codes to make shapes with css

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Square
Picture

#square {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #000;
}

Rectangle
Picture

#rectangle {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: #000;
}

Circle
Picture

#circle {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #000;
-moz-border-radius: 50px;
-webkit-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}

Oval
Picture

#oval {
width: 200px;
height: 100px;
background: #000;
-moz-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
-webkit-border-radius: 100px / 50px;
border-radius: 100px / 50px;
}

Triangle Up
Picture

#triangle-up {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid#000;
}

Triangle Down
Picture

#triangle-down {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid#000;
}

Triangle Left
Picture

#triangle-left {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 100px solid#000;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}

Triangle Right
Picture

#triangle-right {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 50px solid transparent;
border-left: 100px solid#000;
border-bottom: 50px solid transparent;
}

Triangle Topleft
Picture

#triangle-topleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid#000; 
border-right: 100px solid transparent;          
}

Triangle Topright
Picture

#triangle-topright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 100px solid#000; 
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}

Triangle Bottomleft
Picture

#triangle-bottomleft {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid#000; 
border-right: 100px solid transparent;  
}

Triangle Bottomright
Picture

#triangle-bottomright {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-bottom: 100px solid#000; 
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
}

Curvedarrow
Picture

#curvedarrow {
position: relative;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-top: 9px solid transparent;
border-right: 9px solid#000;
-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#000;
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);
}

Trapezoid
Picture

#trapezoid {
border-bottom: 100px solid#000;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
height: 0;
width: 100px;
}

Parallelogram
Picture

#parallelogram {
width: 150px;
height: 100px;
-webkit-transform: skew(20deg);
-moz-transform: skew(20deg);
-o-transform: skew(20deg);
background: #000;
}

6 Point Star
Picture

#star-six {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 100px solid#000;
position: relative;
}

#star-six:after {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border-left: 50px solid transparent;
border-right: 50px solid transparent;
border-top: 100px solid#000;
position: absolute;
content: "";
top: 30px;
left: -50px;
}

5 Point Star
Picture

#star-five {
margin: 50px 0;
position: relative;
display: block;
color:#000;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right:  100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px  solid#000;
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#000;
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:#000;
top: 3px;
left: -105px;
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 100px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid#000;
border-left: 100px solid transparent;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-70deg);
-moz-transform:    rotate(-70deg);
-ms-transform:     rotate(-70deg);
-o-transform:      rotate(-70deg);
content: '';
}

Pentagon
Picture

#pentagon {
position: relative;
width: 54px;
border-width: 50px 18px 0;
border-style: solid;
border-color:#000 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#000;
}

Hexagon
Picture

#hexagon {
width: 100px;
height: 55px;
background: #000;
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#000;
}
#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#000;
}

Octagon
Picture

#octagon {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background: #000;
position: relative;
}

#octagon:before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;    
border-bottom: 29px solid#000;
border-left: 29px solid #fff;
border-right: 29px solid #fff;
width: 42px;
height: 0;
}

#octagon:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;    
border-top: 29px solid#000;
border-left: 29px solid #fff;
border-right: 29px solid #fff;
width: 42px;
height: 0;
}

Heart
Picture

#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%;
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
Picture

#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#000;
-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);
}

Diamond
Picture

#diamond {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom-color:#000;
position: relative;
top: -50px;
}
#diamond:after {
content: '';
position: absolute;
left: -50px; 
top: 50px;
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-top-color:#000;
}

Diamond Shield
Picture

#diamond-shield {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 20px solid#000;
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#000;
}

Diamond Narrow
Picture

#diamond-narrow {
width: 0;
height: 0;
border: 50px solid transparent;
border-bottom: 70px solid#000;
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#000;
}

Cut Diamond
Picture

#cut-diamond {
border-style: solid;
border-color: transparent transparent#000 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:#000 transparent transparent transparent;
border-width: 70px 50px 0 50px;
}

Egg
Picture

#egg {
display:block;
width: 126px; 
height: 180px;
background-color:#000;
-webkit-border-radius: 63px 63px 63px 63px / 108px 108px 72px 72px;
border-radius:         50%  50%  50%  50%  / 60%   60%   40%  40%;
}

Pacman
Picture

#pacman {
width: 0px;
height: 0px;
border-right: 60px solid transparent;
border-top: 60px solid #EBEE01;
border-left: 60px solid #EBEE01;
border-bottom: 60px solid #EBEE01;
border-top-left-radius: 60px;
border-top-right-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 60px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 60px;
}

Talk Bubble
Picture

#talkbubble {
width: 120px; 
height: 80px; 
background: #000;
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#000;
border-bottom: 13px solid transparent;
}

12 Point Burst
Picture

#burst-12 {
background: #000;
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: #000;
}
#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);
}

8 Point Burst
Picture

#burst-8 {
background: #000;
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;
height: 80px;
width: 80px;
background: #000;
-webkit-transform: rotate(135deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(135deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(135deg);
-o-transform: rotate(135deg);
}

*Yin yang *
Picture

#yin-yang{
width: 96px;
height: 48px;
background: #fff;
border-color:#000;
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: #fff;
border: 18px solid#000;
border-radius: 100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
}

#yin-yang:after {
content: "";
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
background: #000;
border: 18px solid #fff;
border-radius:100%;
width: 12px;
height: 12px;
}

Badge ribbon
Picture

#badge-ribbon {
position: relative;
background: #000;
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#000;
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
Picture

#space-invader{
box-shadow:
0 0 0 1em#000, 
0 1em 0 1em#000, 
-2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em#000, 
2.5em 1.5em 0 .5em#000, 
-3em -3em 0 0#000, 
3em -3em 0 0#000, 
-2em -2em 0 0#000, 
2em -2em 0 0#000, 
-3em -1em 0 0#000, 
-2em -1em 0 0#000, 
2em -1em 0 0#000, 
3em -1em 0 0#000, 
-4em 0 0 0#000, 
-3em 0 0 0#000, 
3em 0 0 0#000, 
4em 0 0 0#000, 
-5em 1em 0 0#000, 
-4em 1em 0 0#000, 
4em 1em 0 0#000, 
5em 1em 0 0#000, 
-5em 2em 0 0#000, 
5em 2em 0 0#000, 
-5em 3em 0 0#000, 
-3em 3em 0 0#000, 
3em 3em 0 0#000, 
5em 3em 0 0#000, 
-2em 4em 0 0#000, 
-1em 4em 0 0#000, 
1em 4em 0 0#000, 
2em 4em 0 0#000; 
background: #000;
width: 1em;
height: 1em;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 50px 0 70px 65px;
}

Tv
Picture

#tv {
position: relative;
width: 200px;
height: 150px;
margin: 20px 0;
background: #000;
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%;
}
#css
#mbat
#shapes

Written by Mehmet BAT

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olilish

So cool, thanks for sharing! :)

over 1 year ago ·
olivierkaisin

Nice ! I will use it !

over 1 year ago ·
bashir

Looks like duplicate content, first mentioned here:

http://css-tricks.com/examples/ShapesOfCSS/#

over 1 year ago ·
mokagio

@bashir I would have thumb-up this one, but since the real source is not mentioned I won't.

over 1 year ago ·
luxifer

Nice dude :)

over 1 year ago ·

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