👨🔬 Experimental technology: Firefox only …
Using the element() CSS function it’s possible to recreate album covers that contain repeated text, such as “The Life of Pablo”.
.target {
background-image: -moz-element(#id_of_an_element_to_use_as_the_background);
}Ollie Williams lays it all out on CSS-Tricks.
How to Repeat Text as a Background Image in CSS Using element() →
📸 Back in 2013 I’ve experimented with element() to recreate the <marquee> element. The alternate and slide variants still work fine, but looks like the left/right/down/up variants could need some polishing for them to work fine again.