How could I make the text and the banner image sit overlapping each other with the text at the front and the banner image at the back? I’ve tried moving the text manually, but that doesn’t remove the extra negative space that it creates. I am trying to get it to look like this: https://rickandmortyapi.com/
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flex-direction: column;
padding: 5px;
padding-bottom: 20px;
margin-left: 500px;
margin-right: 500px;
font-size: 110%;
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font-weight: 800;
margin-bottom: 30px;
color: rgb(32,35,41);
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font-size: 25px;
font-weight: 800;
margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
color: rgb(32,35,41);
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text-decoration: none;
color: rgb(255,152,0);
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font-weight: 750;
color: rgb(158, 158, 158);
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margin-right: 20px;
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display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
padding-top: 20px;
padding-bottom: 10;
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margin: 10px;
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fill: rgb(255, 152, 0);
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color: rgb(158, 158, 158);
text-align: center;
padding-top: 15px;
padding-bottom: 50px;
}
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color:rgb(255, 255, 255);
font-weight: 700;
text-decoration-color: rgb(255,152,0);
text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
text-underline-offset: 4px;
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text-decoration: none;
color: rgb(255,152,0);
transition: color 0.2s;
}
.banner {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
z-index: 1;
}
.banner-text {
z-index: 2;
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;In the link you provide, the image is set as absolute.
So i think you should edit your css to put your image in absolute and center your title in the middle with flexbox. With this type of settings you will be more able to control heights of your differents parts 🙂
This should like this :
To make the text and the banner image sit overlapping each other with the text at the front and the banner image at the back, you can use CSS positioning and z-index. example of how you can achieve this:
for your case bellow is implementation of it