Pure CSS3 text color gradient - Is it possible?

Question

Is there a way to create a cross-browser, pure CSS3 text color gradient?

So, no png's. No 'webkit' only.

EDIT: To be more precise: It's CSS3 only, and it's for text, not box gradients.

EDIT: I found this solution, but it's only for webkit.

Answer 1

There is no cross-browser way to do this outside webkit because only webkit currently has a background-clip: text, and this extension to background-clip is not on standards track (as far as I am aware). If you want to relax your CSS3 requirement, you can accomplish the same effect cross-browser with Canvas (or SVG), but then you're talking about HTML5-capable browsers only.

Answer 2

There is no "pure" CSS way at the moment, but there is a way using CSS and some duplication of content. See my server side css gradient text solution here, which doesn't require JavaScript or plain background. You can also do this client side using JavaScript, see what Dragonlabs has done here.