A common design technique lately is to create a fold effect, where it appears as if a heading is wrapping behind its container. This is generally achieved through the use of tiny images; however, with CSS, we can mimic this effect quite easily. I’ll show you how in four minutes.
Final HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Shapes</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<style>
.arrow { top: 100%; }
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<h1> My Heading <span class="arrow"></span> </h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Final CSS
#container {
background: #666;
margin: auto;
width: 500px;
height: 700px;
padding-top: 30px;
font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 {
background: #e3e3e3;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #e3e3e3, #c8c8c8);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#e3e3e3), to(#c8c8c8));
padding: 10px 20px;
margin-left: -20px;
margin-top: 0;
position: relative;
width: 70%;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #292929;
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px #292929;
color: #454545;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 white;
}
.arrow {
width: 0; height: 0;
line-height: 0;
border-left: 20px solid transparent;
border-top: 10px solid #c8c8c8;
top: 104%;
left: 0;
position: absolute;
}