Create Awesome Shadow Effect Using HAML and LESS CSS

How to Create Awesome Shadow Effects Using HAML (HTML Processor) and LESS CSS (Preprocessor)

HAML Code

%h1.elegantshadow Elegant Shadow
%h1.deepshadow Deep Shadow
%h1.insetshadow Inset Shadow
%h1.retroshadow Retro Shadow

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LESS CSS Code

/*CSS RESET 2.0  */
html,body,div,span,applet,object,iframe,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,p,blockquote,pre,a,abbr,acronym,address,big,cite,code,del,dfn,em,img,ins,kbd,q,s,samp,small,strike,strong,sub,sup,tt,var,b,u,i,center,dl,dt,dd,ol,ul,li,fieldset,form,label,legend,table,caption,tbody,tfoot,thead,tr,th,td,article,aside,canvas,details,embed,figure,figcaption,footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,output,ruby,section,summary,time,mark,audio,video{margin:0;padding:0;border:0;font-size:100%;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline}article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,section{display:block}body{line-height:1}ol,ul{list-style:none}blockquote,q{quotes:none}blockquote:before,blockquote:after,q:before,q:after{content:'';content:none}table{border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0}

h1 {
  font-family: "Avant Garde", Avantgarde, "Century Gothic", CenturyGothic, "AppleGothic", sans-serif;
  font-size: 92px;
  padding: 80px 50px;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  
  &.elegantshadow {
    color: #131313;
    background-color: #e7e5e4;
    letter-spacing: .15em;
    text-shadow: 
      1px -1px 0 #767676, 
      -1px 2px 1px #737272, 
      -2px 4px 1px #767474, 
      -3px 6px 1px #787777, 
      -4px 8px 1px #7b7a7a, 
      -5px 10px 1px #7f7d7d, 
      -6px 12px 1px #828181, 
      -7px 14px 1px #868585, 
      -8px 16px 1px #8b8a89, 
      -9px 18px 1px #8f8e8d, 
      -10px 20px 1px #949392, 
      -11px 22px 1px #999897, 
      -12px 24px 1px #9e9c9c, 
      -13px 26px 1px #a3a1a1, 
      -14px 28px 1px #a8a6a6, 
      -15px 30px 1px #adabab, 
      -16px 32px 1px #b2b1b0, 
      -17px 34px 1px #b7b6b5, 
      -18px 36px 1px #bcbbba, 
      -19px 38px 1px #c1bfbf, 
      -20px 40px 1px #c6c4c4, 
      -21px 42px 1px #cbc9c8, 
      -22px 44px 1px #cfcdcd, 
      -23px 46px 1px #d4d2d1, 
      -24px 48px 1px #d8d6d5, 
      -25px 50px 1px #dbdad9, 
      -26px 52px 1px #dfdddc, 
      -27px 54px 1px #e2e0df, 
      -28px 56px 1px #e4e3e2;
  }
  &.deepshadow {
    color: #e0dfdc;
    background-color: #333;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
    text-shadow: 
      0 -1px 0 #fff, 
      0 1px 0 #2e2e2e, 
      0 2px 0 #2c2c2c, 
      0 3px 0 #2a2a2a, 
      0 4px 0 #282828, 
      0 5px 0 #262626, 
      0 6px 0 #242424, 
      0 7px 0 #222, 
      0 8px 0 #202020, 
      0 9px 0 #1e1e1e, 
      0 10px 0 #1c1c1c, 
      0 11px 0 #1a1a1a, 
      0 12px 0 #181818, 
      0 13px 0 #161616, 
      0 14px 0 #141414, 
      0 15px 0 #121212, 
      0 22px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9);
  }
  &.insetshadow {
    color: #202020;
    background-color: #2d2d2d;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
    text-shadow: 
      -1px -1px 1px #111, 
      2px 2px 1px #363636;
  }
  &.retroshadow {
    color: #2c2c2c;
    background-color: #d5d5d5;
    letter-spacing: .05em;
    text-shadow: 
      4px 4px 0px #d5d5d5, 
      7px 7px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
  }
}

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Using Prefixfree To Optimize Effect

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