Brushed Metal
Metallic & Holographic · Static · pure CSS
A tintable vertical metal ramp with fine vertical striations clipped to the glyphs. A matte machined-aluminium finish, distinct from glossy chrome.
How it works
Brushed Metal is a static metallic & holographic text effect rendered entirely in CSS. It works on a single element — just add the .text-effect class, with no extra HTML.
Controls
Brushed Metal exposes 2 dedicated controls — Tint and Tint Strength — on top of the shared type controls (font, weight, letter-spacing and case). Open it in the generator to tune every value live, then copy the updated CSS.
CSS
/* Brushed Metal — generated with TEXT-FX
* HTML: just put the class on any element.
* Font: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif (load from Google Fonts).
*/
.text-effect {
font-family: 'Space Grotesk', sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
letter-spacing: 8px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.text-effect {
background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, hsl(0 0% 100% / 0.06) 0 1px, hsl(0 0% 0% / 0.05) 1px 2px, transparent 2px 4px), linear-gradient(180deg, hsl(359 20% 92%) 0%, hsl(359 20% 52%) 34%, hsl(359 20% 70%) 52%, hsl(359 20% 52%) 70%, hsl(359 20% 92%) 100%);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
background-clip: text;
-webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
color: transparent;
filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 1px hsl(359 30% 6% / 0.4));
}
Pure CSS — just add the .text-effect class to any element.
- Category
- Metallic & Holographic
- Type
- Static
- Browser support
- background-clip:text + metal gradient with repeating striations
- Capabilities
- pure