How to apply a CSS gradient over a text, from a transparent to an opaque colour

CSS3 text gradients that is only supported by Webkit based browsers like Chrome and Safari. I have used 3 different methods. check this fiddle first http://jsfiddle.net/sarfarazdesigner/pvU7r/ Try this 

.article{
  background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#eee, #333);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}

this is working fine in chrome don't know how other browser react. Reference taken from http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/gradient-text/


The relevant CSS is on the pseudoelement :after of the <article> wrapper I used

article {
  position: relative;
}

article:after {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;  
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
  content: "";
  background: linear-gradient(to top,
     rgba(255,255,255, 1) 20%, 
     rgba(255,255,255, 0) 80%
  );
  pointer-events: none; /* so the text is still selectable */
}
  <article>
      <p>
         Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a certain juncture 
         of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled
         forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would
         have scanned with no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical 
         object, which you would have seen there, lying along lengthwise 
         in the lee scuppers. Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a certain 
         juncture of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled
         forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would
         have scanned with no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical 
         object, which you would have seen there, lying along lengthwise 
         in the lee scuppers.
      </p>
  </article>

You could also do this with the mask-image property, though you may need to add the -webkit- prefix.

article {
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 16px, red 66px);
  /* 0deg = down, 90deg = left, 180deg = top, 270deg = right */
}
  <article>
      <p>
         Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a certain juncture 
         of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled
         forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would
         have scanned with no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical 
         object, which you would have seen there, lying along lengthwise 
         in the lee scuppers. Had you stepped on board the Pequod at a certain 
         juncture of this post-mortemizing of the whale; and had you strolled
         forward nigh the windlass, pretty sure am I that you would
         have scanned with no small curiosity a very strange, enigmatical 
         object, which you would have seen there, lying along lengthwise 
         in the lee scuppers.
      </p>
  </article>

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