SVG as Data URI for background image

by Ting-Yuan Chang

HTML

<h1>SVG at a data URI for background images....</h1>
<p>just because you can, doesn't mean you should.<p>

CSS

body { background-image: 
        url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='10'><linearGradient id='gradient'><stop offset='10%' stop-color='%23F00'/><stop offset='90%' stop-color='%23fcc'/> </linearGradient><rect fill='url(%23gradient)' x='0' y='0' width='100%' height='100%'/></svg>");
        background-repeat: no-repeat;
    
    
    color: white; text-shadow: 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.4);}
h1 {font-size: 20px;}