Riso Misregister

Retro & Themed · Static · pure CSS

Risograph print drift: the word in two spot inks that don't quite align, the offset copy blended over the base so the misregistered fringes and a third overlap tone show. Static.

Riso Misregister

How it works

Riso Misregister is a static retro & themed text effect rendered entirely in CSS. A data-text attribute mirrors the word into ::before/::after layers, so copy that attribute together with the CSS.

Controls

Riso Misregister exposes 3 dedicated controls — Ink, Ink Gap and Misalign — 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

/* Riso Misregister — generated with TEXT-FX
 * HTML: the element needs a data-text attribute equal to its text.
 * Font: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  color: hsl(292 78% 60%);
}
.text-effect::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: hsl(112 80% 62%);
  transform: translate(2px, 2px);
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
  pointer-events: none;
}

HTML

This effect needs the markup below (per-letter spans, SVG defs, or a data-text attribute).

<style>
.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Bricolage Grotesque', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  color: hsl(292 78% 60%);
}
.text-effect::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: hsl(112 80% 62%);
  transform: translate(2px, 2px);
  mix-blend-mode: screen;
  pointer-events: none;
}
</style>

<div data-text="Your text" class="text-effect">Your text</div>
Category
Retro & Themed
Type
Static
Browser support
data-text spot-ink copy offset + mix-blend-mode (multiply/screen)
Capabilities
dataText

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