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Posted by Gina Sabori
Gina Sabori
8,664 Points

repeat text?

i'm just messing around with a page, and I was trying to figure out how to set a string of text to repeat across an entire body. Can this be done with html/css, or would it be a script? absolute newbie, obviously. I did a few searches but only came up with php and I dont quite get that yet

Corey Baker
Corey Baker
4,890 Points

I agree with the loop to make this happen.

That being said, why do you want the text to appear across and entire body...not criticizing just interested.

Gina Sabori
Gina Sabori
8,664 Points

Just a whim, really. Once I wonder, "how would I do this?" then i have to figure it out

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,135 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,135 Points

As far as I'm aware this would have to be a JS/Jquery thing, or a server side thing like PHP. I don't think you can do it with CSS. The only way I can think of it is if you could somehow get the words as a background and repeat it with CSS. I'm not sure that is possible though without the text being an image.

Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

You would need a loop to accomplish this so you would need to use JavaScript or PHP.

Gina Sabori
Gina Sabori
8,664 Points

Kevin/Colin - I figured from what I saw on Google - I just wasn't sure if I was missing something. Thanks!

Jack Nguyen
Jack Nguyen
5,068 Points
Jack Nguyen
Jack Nguyen
5,068 Points

I think you can. I found this on stackoverflow

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1191464/is-there-a-way-to-use-use-text-as-the-background-with-css

maybe try setting background repeat and see. Hope that helps.