// Set the screen-reader text
$el.html('<span style="position: absolute !important;clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px);clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);">' + text + '</span>');
// Reset output for appending
output = '';
// Iterate over all chars in the text for (i = 0; i < chars.length; i++) { // Create a styled element for each character and append to container
output += '<span aria-hidden="true" data-content="' + chars[i] + '">' + chars[i] + '</span>';
}
// Write to DOM only once
$el.append(output);
});
});
.halfStyle {
position:relative;
display:inline-block;
font-size:80px; /* or any font size will work */
color: transparent; /* hide the base character */
overflow:hidden;
white-space: pre; /* to preserve the spaces from collapsing */
}
.halfStyle:before { /* creates the left part */
display:block;
z-index:1;
position:absolute;
top:0;
width: 50%;
content: attr(data-content); /* dynamic content for the pseudo element */
overflow:hidden;
pointer-events: none; /* so the base char is selectable by mouse */
color: #f00; /* for demo purposes */
text-shadow: 2px -2px 0px #af0; /* for demo purposes */
}
.halfStyle:after { /* creates the right part */
display:block;
direction: rtl; /* very important, will make the width to start from right */
position:absolute;
z-index:2;
top:0;
left:50%;
width: 50%;
content: attr(data-content); /* dynamic content for the pseudo element */
overflow:hidden;
pointer-events: none; /* so the base char is selectable by mouse */
color: #000; /* for demo purposes */
text-shadow: 2px 2px 0px #0af; /* for demo purposes */
}
