Michael Scharnagl 1/12/2021

Make the page count of a 3D book visible using CSS custom properties

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This technical article explains how to create a 3D book visualization in CSS and then enhance it by using CSS custom properties (variables) to dynamically control the book's spine thickness based on the number of pages. It includes code examples for HTML and CSS, demonstrating calculations with clamp() and calc() to map page ranges to visual depth.

Make the page count of a 3D book visible using CSS custom properties

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