Swatch UI widget

by jorgeluis

HTML

<div class="swatch"><label>Text</label></div>


<div class="swatch"><label>Links</label></div>

<form action="#">
<input class="swatch" type="color">
</form>

<p>The .swatch divs above allow the background to appear through the "opening" behind the type.</p>

<p>The intention is to provide a visual swatch for users to select type styles contrasted with background color.</p>

<p>
The "Aa" would have a click handler that displays a form with type settings for color, font-size, font-family, etc.
</p>

CSS

body{
    background: tomato;
    font-family: sans-serif;
}

.swatch {
    width: 100px;
    height: 120px;
    position: relative;
    background: transparent;
    display: inline-block;
    overflow: hidden;
    box-shadow: 0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.swatch:before {
    content:'';
    position:absolute;
    top: 5px;
    left: 5px;
    width: 90px;
    height: 90px;
    box-shadow: 0px 0 0px 100px #eee;
}
.swatch:after {
    content: "Aa";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 36px;
    line-height: 90px;
    vertical-align: middle;
    color: #fff;
}
label {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 5px;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: center;
}