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Dotted top and bottom border shorter than text

I want to achieve border top and bottom like below image how can I achieve with CSS tricks?

Image

Challenge is I don't want entire width with border and it should be responsive too.

Mobile version image is https://i.sstatic.net/uCeeo.jpg and it should work in desktop and mobile browser too.

I tried with %width border but it's not working.

I wrote below code but it's not 100% perfect answer for me.

HTML: 

<h1>How it Works</h1

CSS: 

h1:before, h1:after {
    content: "";
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(to right,  rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%,rgba(147,147,147,1) 50%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-top: 10px;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/wjhnX/488/

Solution

  • I made a few changes in your CSS:

    h1{
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 70px;
}

h1:before, h1:after{
    position: relative;
    content: "";
    width: 30%;
    left: 35%;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    margin-top: 10px;
    border-bottom: 5px dotted yellow;
}

    DEMO

    EDIT:

    If you want a fixed width you can add:

    h1:before, h1:after{
    width: 150px;     /* You can change this value */
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
}

    DEMO2