Use a repeating character as table border

Question

I want to create a table with the table border using some repeating character say a $. I want the output to be like

$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$           $
$    asd    $
$           $
$$$$$$$$$$$$$

I thought of using pseudo elements but that won't give the desired result. Is there a way to achieve this using CSS3?

Answer 1

You can do it using svg

<svg width="500" height="500">
    <defs>
    <pattern id="p" x="0" y="0" width="50" height="50" patternUnits="userSpaceOnUse" >
        <text x="0" y="30" font-size="40">$</text>
        </pattern>
    </defs>
    <rect x="0" y="0" width="500" height="500" stroke="url(#p)" fill="none" stroke-width="100"/>