Ever since SVG came on the scene CSS got that much more interesting. You can apply SVG+XML protocol in your CSS styling to create your own tailored, and dynamic …
- background (image) … with or without an opacity consideration (via a linear gradient)
- border image … not for the faint hearted
- cursor … non-mobile only
… and we’ve written a “proof of concept” first draft web application you can try, here, even below, where seeing the SVG might tweak your “ideas palette”!
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