Well, that works for me too Mat - as long as I use inline HTML/CSS like you did above.
But if I use the TW class caller (I can't think of the word) like this, no bueno, empty tiddler: @@.jack !!JACK @@ Which I suppose answers my question. Everything has to be styled in line, classes won't work here. On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 6:09 PM Mat <matiasg...@gmail.com> wrote: > This works on tiddlywiki.com > > > <style> > .jack { > font-size: 72px; > background: url(<$macrocall $name="datauri" title="Motovun Jack.jpg" > $output="text/plain"/>); > -webkit-background-clip: text; > -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; > } > </style> > > <div class="jack"> > > !GOLD > </div> > > <:-) > > > On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 8:52:06 PM UTC+1 taale...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I'm trying to make a class that will allow me to fill text with an image. >> For example, making a drop cap for a manuscript-inspired theme that looks >> like it's been gilded, by using an image of gold leaf. >> >> The interwebz tell me that I want to use background-clip, but I'm not >> sure how to set that up in a CSS class. Does anyone have any pointers? >> >> All I have so far, which doesn't work (and I didn't think it would): >> >> .dropcap { font-size: 40px; >> margin: 10pc; >> border: 5px double black; >> float: left; background-image: url(<$macrocall $name="datauri" >> title="paua.jpg" $output="text/plain"/>) background-clip: text; } >> >> Thanks, >> Aidan >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a176c54b-b9b3-4bfe-ac7f-b0891028dc6cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/a176c54b-b9b3-4bfe-ac7f-b0891028dc6cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAJu7H0Y4Pn1SztG5_sFiA0CHfQ1PWSgYasjuX_wJ8Ge-d22T7A%40mail.gmail.com.