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How To Make Star In Css

Lucas Hartwood

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As a web developer, I’ve always been fascinated by the endless possibilities of CSS. One of the coolest things you can create with CSS is a star. In this article, I’ll show you how to make a star using CSS and add some personal touches to make it unique.

Creating the Basic Star Shape

To start off, we’ll need to create a div element to contain our star. We’ll give it a class of “star” so we can style it later.

<div class="star"></div>

Now let’s add some CSS to style our star. We’ll set the width and height to 0, and give it a border color of transparent to make it invisible. We’ll also add a border-width of 10px to make the star’s points more visible.

.star {
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  border-color: transparent;
  border-width: 10px;
}

Next, we’ll use the before and after pseudo-elements to create the points of our star. We’ll give them a border color of gold and position them accordingly using absolute positioning.

.star:before, .star:after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  border-color: gold;
  border-width: 10px;
}

To create the shape of the star, we’ll rotate one of the points by 45 degrees. This can be achieved by adding a transform: rotate(45deg) property to one of the pseudo-elements.

.star:before {
  left: 50%;
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}

Great! Now we have our basic star shape. But let’s take it a step further and add some personal touches to make it truly unique.

Adding Personal Touches

One way to add some flair to our star is to give it a gradient background. We can achieve this by using the background-image property with a linear gradient. Here’s an example:

.star {
  background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #FFD700, #FFA500);
}

This will give our star a beautiful gold to orange gradient background.

Another way to customize our star is to add some animation. We can make our star twinkle by applying a CSS animation to it. Here’s an example:

@keyframes twinkle {
  0% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 0.5;
  }
  100% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

.star {
  animation: twinkle 1s linear infinite;
}

Now our star will twinkle with a slight fade in and fade out effect.

Conclusion

Creating a star using CSS is a fun and creative way to spice up your web designs. With a few lines of code, you can make a star that is truly unique and personalized. From gradient backgrounds to animated twinkle effects, the possibilities are endless. So go ahead, unleash your creativity, and make your own shining star!

Lucas Hartwood