The Shapes of CSS
CSS is capable of making all sorts of shapes. Squares and rectangles are easy, as they are the natural shapes of the web. Add a width and height and you have the exact size rectangle you need. Add border-radius and you can round that shape, and enough of it you can turn those rectangles into circles and ovals.
We also get the ::before and ::after psuedo elements in CSS, which give us the potential of two more shapes we can add to the original element. By getting clever with positioning, transforming, and many other tricks, we can make lots of shapes in CSS with only a single HTML element.
Square
Rectangle
Circle
Oval
Triangle Up
Triangle Down
Triangle Left
Triangle Right
Triangle Top Left
Triangle Top Right
Triangle Bottom Left
Triangle Bottom Right
Curved Tail Arrow via Ando Razafimandimby
Trapezoid
Parallelogram
Star (6-points)
Star (5-points) via Kit MacAllister
Pentagon
Hexagon
Octagon
Heart via Nicolas Gallagher
Infinity via Nicolas Gallagher
Diamond Square via Joseph Silber
Diamond Shield via Joseph Silber
Diamond Narrow via Joseph Silber
Cut Diamond via Alexander Futekov
Egg
Pac-Man
Talk Bubble
12 Point Burst via Alan Johnson
8 Point Burst via Alan Johnson
Yin Yang via Alexander Futekov
Badge Ribbon via Catalin Rosu
Space Invader via Vlad Zinculescu
TV Screen
Chevron via Anthony Ticknor
Magnifying Glass
Facebook Icon via Nathan Swartz
Moon via Omid Rasouli
Flag via Zoe Rooney
Cone via Omid Rasouli
Cross via Kaya Basharan
Base via Josh Rodgers
Pointer via Amsakanna Freethinker
Lock via Colin Bate
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