How to make a text with skewed line but not letters? - html

Question

I have a skewed text in HTML/CSS.
Like this: (http://jsfiddle.net/UPeYT/)
p {
-webkit-transform: skew(-8deg);
-moz-transform: skew(-8deg);
-o-transform: skew(-8deg);
transform: skew(-8deg);
}
I would like the alignment of the text to skew but the words themselves to not be italic. How whould I do that?

Answer 1

I've built something that I needed, but I'm not sure if it is exactly what you need. Essentially I'm taking a paragraph, skewing it, then splitting each word into it's own span with the skew reversed. I'm sure this is horrid for performance on a repaint though.
fiddle
CSS:
span {
-webkit-transform: skew(-18deg);
-moz-transform: skew(-18deg);
-o-transform: skew(-18deg);
transform: skew(-18deg);
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
p {
-webkit-transform: skew(18deg);
-moz-transform: skew(18deg);
-o-transform: skew(18deg);
transform: skew(18deg);
padding:30px;
}
javascript (uses jquery):
$(document).ready(function(){
var words = $('p').text().split(' ');
$('p').empty();
for (var i=0;i<words.length;i++){
if (words[i]!='') {
$('p').append('<span>'+words[i]+'</span> ');
}
}
});
The HTML is simply a P tag with whatever content.

Answer 2

Something like this?
I append parent to <p> element and apply the opposite!
see: http://jsfiddle.net/joseapl/UPeYT/9/

Answer 3

Just a thought, but I guess it's the only right answer:
This is not possible. Let me show you how I came to that answer. I tried it with font-style: italic, which should not change the text if the skew made it italic for me, but it does not make it italic by default. It's just the transformation of the skew that makes it this way. If you change the degree, you'll see it get's straighter. It rotates the text and than it looks like it's italic, but it is not.
Here is what I mean: http://jsfiddle.net/UPeYT/7/
You can see that it's very different than yours: http://jsfiddle.net/UPeYT/10/
You can wrap the lines in a span or p tag. you want to indent and give them a text-indent to achieve what you want.