How to place text on a diagonal line?

Question

Hey guyz, I guess you got my concept by seeing the above picture. I'm unable to place diagonal line behind the text and it should get masked by the content placed on it. I wanted it in pure css. Background should be visible through the text.

Answer 1

You can use a rotated pseudo element. Make it 1px wide and make the lines with top/bottom borders :

body {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  background-image: url('https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6083/6055581292_d94c2d90e3.jpg');
  background-size: cover;
}

div {
  position: relative;
  width: 150px;
  margin: 130px auto;
  padding: 10px 0;
}

div:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  top: -120px;
  left: 50%;
  width: 1px;
  height: 100%;
  border-top: 120px solid #000;
  border-bottom: 120px solid #000;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(8deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(8deg);
  transform: rotate(8deg);
}

<div>
  <h1>Title</h1>
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec luctus condimentum mi sit amet iaculis. Aliquam erat volutpat. Maecenas eleifend commodo rutrum.</p>
</div>