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HTML
<div class="gradientText">Gradient Text <span>-- Usual text</span></div>
CSS
.gradientText {
background: url(http://imgur.com/OHycSOf.png);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
color: transparent;
display: table-cell;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif;
font-size: 28px;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 28px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.gradientText * {
color: #000000;
}