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Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just CSS pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just CSS pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just CSS pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

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edited May 11, 2014 at 19:54

Peter Mortensen

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Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just cssCSS pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just css pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just CSS pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

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Example

##JSFiddle DEMO JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just css pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just css pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

Example

##JSFiddle DEMO

We'll do it using just css pseudo selectors!

This technique will work with dynamically generated content and different font sizes and widths.

HTML:

<div class='split-color'>Two is better than one.</div>

CSS:

.split-color > span {
    white-space: pre-line;
    position: relative;
    color: #409FBF;
}

.split-color > span:before {
    content: attr(data-content);
    pointer-events: none;  /* Prevents events from targeting pseudo-element */
    position: absolute;
    overflow: hidden;
    color: #264A73;
    width: 50%;
    z-index: 1;
}

To wrap the dynamically generated string, you could use a function like this:

// Wrap each letter in a span tag and return an HTML string
// that can be used to replace the original text
function wrapString(str) {
  var output = [];
  str.split('').forEach(function(letter) {
    var wrapper = document.createElement('span');
    wrapper.dataset.content = wrapper.innerHTML = letter;

    output.push(wrapper.outerHTML);
  });

  return output.join('');
}

// Replace the original text with the split-color text
window.onload = function() {
    var el  = document.querySelector('.split-color'),
        txt = el.innerHTML;
    
    el.innerHTML = wrapString(txt);
}

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