{"rowid": 133, "title": "Gravity-Defying Page Corners", "contents": "While working on Stikkit, a \u201cpage curl\u201d came to be.\nNot being as crafty as Veerle, you see.\nI fired up Photoshop to see what could be.\n\u201cAnother copy is running on the network\u201c \u2026 oopsie.\n\nWith license issues sorted out and a concept in mind\nI set out to create something flexible and refined.\nOne background image and code that is sure to be lean.\nA simple solution for lazy people like me.\n\nThe curl I\u2019ll be showing isn\u2019t a curl at all.\nIt\u2019s simply a gradient that\u2019s 18 pixels tall.\nWith a fade to the left that\u2019s diagonally aligned\nand a small fade on the right that keeps the illusion defined.\n\n\n\nCreate a selection with the marquee tool (keeping in mind a reasonable minimum width) and drag a gradient (black to transparent) from top to bottom.\n\n\n\nNow drag a gradient (the background color of the page to transparent) from the bottom left corner to the top right corner.\n\n\n\nFinally, drag another gradient from the right edge towards the center, about 20 pixels or so.\n\nBut the top is flat and can be positioned precisely\njust under the bottom right edge very nicely.\nAnd there it will sit, never ever to be busted\nby varying sizes of text when adjusted.\n\n<div id=\"page\">\n\t<div id=\"page-contents\">\n\t\t<h2>Gravity-Defying!</h2>\n\t\t<p>Lorem ipsum dolor ...</p>\n\t</div>\n</div>\n\nLet\u2019s dive into code and in the markup you\u2019ll see\n\u201cis that an extra div?\u201d \u2026 please don\u2019t kill me?\nThe #page div sets the width and bottom padding\nwhose height is equal to the shadow we\u2019re adding.\n\n\n\nThe #page-contents div will set padding in ems\nto scale with the text size the user intends.\nThe background color will be added here too\nbut not overlapping the shadow where #page\u2019s padding makes room.\n\nA simple technique that you may find amusing\nis to substitute a PNG for the GIF I was using.\nFor that would be crafty and future-proof, too.\nThe page curl could sit on any background hue.\n\nI hope you\u2019ve enjoyed this easy little trick.\nIt\u2019s hardly earth-shattering, and arguably slick.\nBut it could come in handy, you just never know.\nHappy Holidays! And pleasant dreams of web three point oh.", "year": "2006", "author": "Dan Cederholm", "author_slug": "dancederholm", "published": "2006-12-24T00:00:00+00:00", "url": "https://24ways.org/2006/gravity-defying-page-corners/", "topic": "design"}