Sketch Outline

How it works

Sketch Outline is a static outline & stroke text effect rendered entirely in CSS. It relies on an inline SVG <defs> block (filters, gradients or clip-paths), which the HTML export carries alongside the CSS. A data-text attribute mirrors the word into ::before/::after layers, so copy that attribute together with the CSS.

Controls

Sketch Outline exposes 3 dedicated controls — Wobble, Ink and Hatching — 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

/* Sketch Outline — made with TEXT-FX · https://text-fx.app
 * HTML: the element needs a data-text attribute equal to its text; requires the inline <svg> filter defs — see the HTML export.
 * Font: 'Archivo Black', sans-serif (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Archivo Black', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(46deg, hsl(223 80% 74% / 0.4) 0, hsl(223 80% 74% / 0.4) 0.6px, transparent 0.6px, transparent 4.5px);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}
.text-effect::before,
.text-effect::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect::before {
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.6px hsl(223 80% 74%);
  filter: url(#text-effect-wob);
}
.text-effect::after {
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.2px hsl(223 80% 74%);
  filter: url(#text-effect-wob2);
  opacity: 0.5;
  transform: translate(0.8px, -0.6px);
}

HTML

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

<!-- Made with TEXT-FX · https://text-fx.app -->

<style>
.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Archivo Black', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(46deg, hsl(223 80% 74% / 0.4) 0, hsl(223 80% 74% / 0.4) 0.6px, transparent 0.6px, transparent 4.5px);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}
.text-effect::before,
.text-effect::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect::before {
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.6px hsl(223 80% 74%);
  filter: url(#text-effect-wob);
}
.text-effect::after {
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.2px hsl(223 80% 74%);
  filter: url(#text-effect-wob2);
  opacity: 0.5;
  transform: translate(0.8px, -0.6px);
}
</style>

<svg width="0" height="0" style="position:absolute" aria-hidden="true"><defs>
<filter id="text-effect-wob" x="-15%" y="-25%" width="130%" height="150%">
  <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.014 0.018" numOctaves="2" seed="4" result="n"/>
  <feDisplacementMap in="SourceGraphic" in2="n" scale="2" xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="G"/>
</filter>
<filter id="text-effect-wob2" x="-15%" y="-25%" width="130%" height="150%">
  <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.02 0.024" numOctaves="2" seed="17" result="n"/>
  <feDisplacementMap in="SourceGraphic" in2="n" scale="1.7" xChannelSelector="R" yChannelSelector="G"/>
</filter>
</defs></svg>

<div data-text="Your text" class="text-effect">Your text</div>

Related Outline & Stroke effects

• Double Outline
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