Example of a cutout text "Join us" with some illustrations|CSS Snippet|W3Docs

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      * {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
      }
      *,
      :before,
      :after {
        -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
        -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
        box-sizing: border-box;
      }
      html,
      body {
        min-height: 100%;
      }
      body {
        font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;
      }
      .wrapper {
        text-align: center;
      }
      /* Clip text element */
      .clip-text {
        font-size: 6em;
        font-weight: bold;
        line-height: 1;
        position: relative;
        display: inline-block;
        margin: 0.25em;
        padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
        text-align: center;
        /* Color fallback */
        color: #fff;
        -webkit-background-clip: text;
        -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
      }
      .clip-text:before,
      .clip-text:after {
        position: absolute;
        content: '';
      }
      /* Background */
      .clip-text:before {
        z-index: -2;
        top: 0;
        right: 0;
        bottom: 0;
        left: 0;
        background-image: inherit;
      }
      /* Text Background */
      .clip-text:after {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: -1;
        top: 0.125em;
        right: 0.125em;
        bottom: 0.125em;
        left: 0.125em;
        background-color: #fc0;
      }
      /* Change the background position to display letter when the black zone isn't here */
      .clip-text--no-textzone:before {
        background-position: -0.65em 0;
      }
      .clip-text--no-textzone:after {
        content: none;
      }
      .clip-text-one {
        background-image: url("/uploads/media/default/0001/02/8ca4045044162379597641472fa0bb5489ba418f.jpeg");
      }
      .clip-text-two {
        background-image: url("/uploads/media/default/0001/03/6514e37cd15dbe1bca3e3b961baa3a19e2283dc3.jpeg");
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="wrapper">
      <div class="clip-text clip-text-one">JOIN US</div>
      <div class="clip-text clip-text-two clip-text--no-textzone">JOIN US</div>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>