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Alvaro Montoro @alvaromontoro@front-end.social

11/24/2025, 3:44:15 PM

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An article about triangles and CSS. I have always said that using borders to draw triangles with CSS is a hacky solution and shouldn't be used... but there are exceptions.
https://alvaromontoro.com/blog/68086/drawing-triangles-with-css-using-borders-an-exception

Spoiler alert: they involve logical properties... and most places that suggest using borders still use physical properties instead.

#css #html #webdev

Drawing Triangles with CSS Using Borders... an Exception

A long time ago, I wrote an article about drawing triangles in CSS, and explained why the common border-based approach was far from ideal and should generally be avoided. In this article, I revisit a scenario where using borders might actually be convenient. :: Blog post at Alvaro Montoro's Personal Website.

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