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Newspaper Dividers
Three broadsheet-print breaks — a thick-thin masthead rule, a starred jump-line break, and a column-end colophon dash.
The code
<div class="div-news-surface"> <p class="div-news-text">The morning edition carried news of the harbour expansion on its front page, set in a headline type the paper had used, unchanged, since nineteen thirty-eight.</p> <div class="div-news-v1" role="separator"><i></i><i></i></div> <p class="div-news-text">Continued reporting suggested the council vote would be closer than the early projections implied — three members had not yet declared a position.</p> <div class="div-news-v2" role="separator"><span>★ ★ ★</span></div> <p class="div-news-text">In the arts section, a review of the season's first concert ran two columns, praising the strings and saying little, pointedly, of the brass.</p> <div class="div-news-v3" role="separator"><span>— 30 —</span></div> <p class="div-news-text">The weather, the almanac noted, would turn by the weekend; readers along the coast were advised to expect the first hard frost of the year.</p> </div>
<div class="div-news-surface">
<p class="div-news-text">The morning edition carried news of the harbour expansion on its front page, set in a headline type the paper had used, unchanged, since nineteen thirty-eight.</p>
<div class="div-news-v1" role="separator"><i></i><i></i></div>
<p class="div-news-text">Continued reporting suggested the council vote would be closer than the early projections implied — three members had not yet declared a position.</p>
<div class="div-news-v2" role="separator"><span>★ ★ ★</span></div>
<p class="div-news-text">In the arts section, a review of the season's first concert ran two columns, praising the strings and saying little, pointedly, of the brass.</p>
<div class="div-news-v3" role="separator"><span>— 30 —</span></div>
<p class="div-news-text">The weather, the almanac noted, would turn by the weekend; readers along the coast were advised to expect the first hard frost of the year.</p>
</div>@keyframes div-news-grow { from { transform: scaleX(0); } to { transform: scaleX(1); } }
@keyframes div-news-fade { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); } }
.div-news-surface {
background: #f3efe6;
padding: 36px 40px;
border-radius: 12px;
}
.div-news-text {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 1.82;
color: #2a2620;
margin: 0;
}
/* v1 — thick-thin masthead rule */
.div-news-v1 { margin: 30px 0; }
.div-news-v1 i {
display: block;
transform-origin: left;
animation: div-news-grow 0.7s cubic-bezier(.18,0,.05,1) both;
}
.div-news-v1 i:nth-child(1) { height: 3px; background: #2a2620; }
.div-news-v1 i:nth-child(2) { height: 1px; margin-top: 3px; background: #2a2620; animation-delay: 0.22s; }
/* v2 — starred jump-line break */
.div-news-v2 {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 18px;
margin: 30px 0;
}
.div-news-v2::before,
.div-news-v2::after {
content: '';
flex: 1;
height: 1px;
background: #8a8270;
animation: div-news-grow 0.7s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1) 0.1s both;
}
.div-news-v2::before { transform-origin: right; }
.div-news-v2::after { transform-origin: left; animation-delay: 0.14s; }
.div-news-v2 span {
flex-shrink: 0;
font-size: 9px;
letter-spacing: 0.4em;
color: #6a6252;
animation: div-news-fade 0.5s ease 0.5s both;
}
/* v3 — column-end colophon dash ("-30-" = end of story) */
.div-news-v3 {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
margin: 30px 0;
}
.div-news-v3 span {
font-family: Georgia, serif;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: 0.2em;
color: #6a6252;
padding: 4px 0;
border-top: 1px solid #c4bca8;
border-bottom: 1px solid #c4bca8;
animation: div-news-fade 0.55s ease 0.15s both;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.div-news-v1 i, .div-news-v2::before, .div-news-v2::after,
.div-news-v2 span, .div-news-v3 span { animation: none; }
} @keyframes div-news-grow { from { transform: scaleX(0); } to { transform: scaleX(1); } }
@keyframes div-news-fade { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(6px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); } }
.div-news-surface {
background: #f3efe6;
padding: 36px 40px;
border-radius: 12px;
}
.div-news-text {
font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 1.82;
color: #2a2620;
margin: 0;
}
/* v1 — thick-thin masthead rule */
.div-news-v1 { margin: 30px 0; }
.div-news-v1 i {
display: block;
transform-origin: left;
animation: div-news-grow 0.7s cubic-bezier(.18,0,.05,1) both;
}
.div-news-v1 i:nth-child(1) { height: 3px; background: #2a2620; }
.div-news-v1 i:nth-child(2) { height: 1px; margin-top: 3px; background: #2a2620; animation-delay: 0.22s; }
/* v2 — starred jump-line break */
.div-news-v2 {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 18px;
margin: 30px 0;
}
.div-news-v2::before,
.div-news-v2::after {
content: '';
flex: 1;
height: 1px;
background: #8a8270;
animation: div-news-grow 0.7s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1) 0.1s both;
}
.div-news-v2::before { transform-origin: right; }
.div-news-v2::after { transform-origin: left; animation-delay: 0.14s; }
.div-news-v2 span {
flex-shrink: 0;
font-size: 9px;
letter-spacing: 0.4em;
color: #6a6252;
animation: div-news-fade 0.5s ease 0.5s both;
}
/* v3 — column-end colophon dash ("-30-" = end of story) */
.div-news-v3 {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
margin: 30px 0;
}
.div-news-v3 span {
font-family: Georgia, serif;
font-size: 12px;
letter-spacing: 0.2em;
color: #6a6252;
padding: 4px 0;
border-top: 1px solid #c4bca8;
border-bottom: 1px solid #c4bca8;
animation: div-news-fade 0.55s ease 0.15s both;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.div-news-v1 i, .div-news-v2::before, .div-news-v2::after,
.div-news-v2 span, .div-news-v3 span { animation: none; }
}