A pure CSS solution to truncating text in a container, with the ability to overlay an ellipsis and even a “read more” link. The only caveat is that you must maintain vertical rhythm in your text.
Dougal is a web developer, and a "Developer Emeritus" for the WordPress platform. When he's not coding PHP, Perl, CSS, JavaScript, or whatnot, he spends time with his wife, three children, a dog, and a cat in their Atlanta area home.
