Tips on displaying text inside an icon

As a self-taught newcomer to web development, I apologize if this is a basic question.

I'm trying to figure out how to display text inside an icon, like putting a number inside a heart. Would using a webfont icon not be suitable for this purpose? Is it better to use CSS shapes so that the text will still show when resized? Or maybe a vector graphic would work best?

Here is the CSS code for a heart icon that I was considering using. However, I'm unsure how to insert text inside it.

    .heart {
        position: relative;
        width: 100px;
        height: 90px;
    }
    .heart:before,
    .heart:after {
        position: absolute;
        content: "";
        left: 50px;
        top: 0;
        width: 50px;
        height: 80px;
        background: #fc2e5a;
        -moz-border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
        border-radius: 50px 50px 0 0;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
           -moz-transform: rotate(-45deg);
            -ms-transform: rotate(-45deg);
             -o-transform: rotate(-45deg);
                transform: rotate(-45deg);
        -webkit-transform-origin: 0 100%;
           -moz-transform-origin: 0 100%;
            -ms-transform-origin: 0 100%;
             -o-transform-origin: 0 100%;
                transform-origin: 0 100%;
    }
    .heart:after {
        left: 0;
        -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
           -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
            -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
             -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
                transform: rotate(45deg);
        -webkit-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
           -moz-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
            -ms-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
             -o-transform-origin: 100% 100%;
                trans.orm-origin :100% 100%;
}

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.

Answer №1

Click here to view my solution

To achieve the desired effect, I added a span element within the div. By setting the z-index property to a higher value and using position:absolute, as suggested by mbratch, you can achieve the desired result.

For vertical centering of multiple lines of text, I utilized jQuery for positioning.

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