blockquote design

by Imri Paloja

HTML

<blockquote>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
</blockquote>

<hr>
    
<p>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do <cite>eiusmod tempor incididunt ut</cite> labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
    </p>

CSS

blockquote {
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0.15);
    border:1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0,0.50);
    box-shadow: 0 0 2px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
    font-size: 100%;
    margin: 5% auto;
    padding: 10px 12px;
    text-align: left;
    width: 75%;
    font-style:italic;
}

 blockquote:before {
    content: open-quote;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-right: -3px;
}

blockquote:after {
    content: close-quote;
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-top:-100%;
    margin-left: -3px;
}

cite {
    font-size: 12px;
    padding: 2px 3px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0,0.50);
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0.25);
}

cite:before {
    content: open-quote;
    font-weight: bold;
}

cite:after {
    content: close-quote;
    font-weight: bold;
}

hr {
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0,0.50);
    display: block;
}

::selection {
   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0.50);
   color: #FFFFFF;
}

::-moz-selection {
   background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0,0.50);
   color: #FFFFFF;
}