rotating text slightly—should I use css or javascr

Question

I'm trying to rotate a block of text slightly like below:

Can this be done with css or do I need to use javascript?

Answer 1

You can do it in a cross browser fashion using CSS3's transform, and a filter for IE.

See: http://jsfiddle.net/dRQaw/

This is the magical tool used to generate the cross-browser CSS.

<div id="skewed">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque eu metus nisi. Integer non adipiscing massa. Etiam et diam magna. Mauris sit amet arcu dui, a malesuada erat.</div>

#skewed {
    font: 21px Impact, sans-serif;
    text-align: center;
    background: #ccc
}
#skewed {
     width:             350px;
     height:            140px;

     -moz-transform:    skew(-5deg, -5deg);
     -o-transform:      skew(-5deg, -5deg);
     -webkit-transform: skew(-5deg, -5deg);
     transform:         skew(-5deg, -5deg);
}    

Answer 2

It'd be CSS-only. You can use JS to manipulate the CSS, but JS itself has nothing to do whatsoever with presentation, other than being one method of changing the presentation rules.

Answer 3

You could use CSS. Here is CSS that will work in Firefox, Opera and Safari/Chrome.

#textToRotate {
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-10deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(-10deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-10deg);
}

Answer 4

You can do it with CSS3 transforms:

p {
  -moz-transform: rotate(-15deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(-15deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(-15deg);
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-15deg);
  transform: rotate(-15deg);
}