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CSS Vintage Rx Pharmacy Label Button

An apothecary label on aged amber stock: typewriter setting with a red rule, a serrated tear edge along the top, and a rubber "REFILL" stamp that thuds in at an angle on hover — slightly off-register and unevenly inked, the way a real stamp lands.

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<div class="cb-43">
  <div class="cb-43__stage">
    <button class="cb-43__btn" type="button">
      <span class="cb-43__head">
        <span class="cb-43__rx">℞</span>
        <span class="cb-43__no">No. 40218</span>
      </span>
      <span class="cb-43__name">Tincture of Focus</span>
      <span class="cb-43__dose">Take one capsule at dawn · 30 ct · 1953</span>
      <span class="cb-43__stamp" aria-hidden="true">Refill</span>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Special+Elite&family=Courier+Prime:wght@400;700&display=swap');

.cb-43 {
  --bg: #2b241b;
  --paper: #e8d9b0;
  --paper-lo: #d6c393;
  --ink: #2a2318;
  --rule: #a8321f;
  --stamp: #9b2b21;
  --mono: "Courier Prime",ui-monospace,"Courier New",Courier,monospace;
  --slab: "Special Elite",ui-monospace,"Courier New",Courier,monospace;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: radial-gradient(34rem 22rem at 50% 34%, rgba(255,255,255,.06), transparent 72%), var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--mono);
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-43 {
    --paper: oklch(88% .05 88);
    --paper-lo: oklch(81% .06 86);
    --rule: oklch(48% .16 33);
    --stamp: oklch(44% .16 30);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
  .cb-43:not([data-theme="dark"]) {
    --bg: #3a3126;
  }
}

.cb-43[data-theme="light"] {
  --bg: #3a3126;
}

.cb-43,
.cb-43 *,
.cb-43 *::before,
.cb-43 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-43__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-43__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  gap: .45rem;
  justify-items: start;
  width: min(100%,22rem);
  padding: 1.3rem 1.4rem 1.2rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: .15rem;
  text-align: left;
  color: var(--ink);
  background-color: var(--paper);
  background-image: radial-gradient(.05rem .05rem at 30% 42%, rgba(90,70,40,.22) 99%, transparent), radial-gradient(3rem 2rem at 84% 22%, rgba(150,110,50,.16), transparent 72%), radial-gradient(2.4rem 1.8rem at 14% 82%, rgba(150,110,50,.14), transparent 74%), linear-gradient(168deg, var(--paper), var(--paper-lo));
  background-size: 6px 6px, 100% 100%, 100% 100%, 100% 100%;
  -webkit-mask: conic-gradient(from -45deg at 50% 100%, #000 90deg, transparent 0) 0 0/.7rem .35rem repeat-x, linear-gradient(#000,#000) 0 100%/100% calc(100% - .34rem) no-repeat;
  mask: conic-gradient(from -45deg at 50% 100%, #000 90deg, transparent 0) 0 0/.7rem .35rem repeat-x, linear-gradient(#000,#000) 0 100%/100% calc(100% - .34rem) no-repeat;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 12px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.5));
  transition: translate .3s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), filter .3s ease;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.cb-43__head {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: .6rem;
  margin-top: .35rem;
}

.cb-43__rx {
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--rule);
}

.cb-43__no {
  font-size: .75rem;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}

.cb-43__name {
  position: relative;
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  line-height: 1.1;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  padding-bottom: .35rem;
}

.cb-43__name::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--rule);
}

.cb-43__dose {
  font-size: .8125rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: color-mix(in oklab,var(--ink) 82%,var(--paper));
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}

.cb-43__stamp {
  position: absolute;
  right: .9rem;
  bottom: .55rem;
  padding: .25rem .7rem;
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--stamp);
  border: 2px solid var(--stamp);
  border-radius: .2rem;
  -webkit-mask: radial-gradient(.09rem .09rem at 32% 44%, transparent 99%, #000 0) 0 0/5px 5px, linear-gradient(#000,#000);
  mask: radial-gradient(.09rem .09rem at 32% 44%, transparent 99%, #000 0) 0 0/5px 5px, linear-gradient(#000,#000);
  -webkit-mask-composite: source-in;
  mask-composite: intersect;
  rotate: -14deg;
  scale: 1.6;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: scale .34s cubic-bezier(.2,1.6,.4,1), opacity .2s ease;
}

.cb-43__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) {
  translate: 0 -2px;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 18px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.55));
}

.cb-43__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) .cb-43__stamp {
  scale: 1;
  opacity: .88;
}

.cb-43__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--rule);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.cb-43__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
}

.cb-43__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(.5);
  opacity: .7;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-43__btn,
    .cb-43__stamp {
    transition: opacity .15s linear;
  }

  .cb-43__stamp {
    scale: 1;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-43__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    mask: none;
    -webkit-mask: none;
    filter: none;
  }

  .cb-43__stamp {
    color: ButtonText;
    border-color: ButtonText;
    mask: none;
    -webkit-mask: none;
  }

  .cb-43__name::after {
    background: ButtonText;
  }
}
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An apothecary label on aged amber stock: typewriter setting with a red rule, a serrated tear edge along the top, and a rubber "REFILL" stamp that thuds in at an angle on hover — slightly off-register and unevenly inked, the way a real stamp lands.
## HTML
```html
<div class="cb-43">
  <div class="cb-43__stage">
    <button class="cb-43__btn" type="button">
      <span class="cb-43__head">
        <span class="cb-43__rx">℞</span>
        <span class="cb-43__no">No. 40218</span>
      </span>
      <span class="cb-43__name">Tincture of Focus</span>
      <span class="cb-43__dose">Take one capsule at dawn · 30 ct · 1953</span>
      <span class="cb-43__stamp" aria-hidden="true">Refill</span>
    </button>
  </div>
</div>
```
## CSS
```css
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Special+Elite&family=Courier+Prime:wght@400;700&display=swap');

.cb-43 {
  --bg: #2b241b;
  --paper: #e8d9b0;
  --paper-lo: #d6c393;
  --ink: #2a2318;
  --rule: #a8321f;
  --stamp: #9b2b21;
  --mono: "Courier Prime",ui-monospace,"Courier New",Courier,monospace;
  --slab: "Special Elite",ui-monospace,"Courier New",Courier,monospace;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: block;
  background: radial-gradient(34rem 22rem at 50% 34%, rgba(255,255,255,.06), transparent 72%), var(--bg);
  font-family: var(--mono);
}

@supports (color: oklch(50% 0 0)) {
  .cb-43 {
    --paper: oklch(88% .05 88);
    --paper-lo: oklch(81% .06 86);
    --rule: oklch(48% .16 33);
    --stamp: oklch(44% .16 30);
  }
}

@media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
  .cb-43:not([data-theme="dark"]) {
    --bg: #3a3126;
  }
}

.cb-43[data-theme="light"] {
  --bg: #3a3126;
}

.cb-43,
.cb-43 *,
.cb-43 *::before,
.cb-43 *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.cb-43__stage {
  min-height: 100vh;
  min-height: 100svh;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem,6vw,4rem);
}

.cb-43__btn {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: grid;
  gap: .45rem;
  justify-items: start;
  width: min(100%,22rem);
  padding: 1.3rem 1.4rem 1.2rem;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: .15rem;
  text-align: left;
  color: var(--ink);
  background-color: var(--paper);
  background-image: radial-gradient(.05rem .05rem at 30% 42%, rgba(90,70,40,.22) 99%, transparent), radial-gradient(3rem 2rem at 84% 22%, rgba(150,110,50,.16), transparent 72%), radial-gradient(2.4rem 1.8rem at 14% 82%, rgba(150,110,50,.14), transparent 74%), linear-gradient(168deg, var(--paper), var(--paper-lo));
  background-size: 6px 6px, 100% 100%, 100% 100%, 100% 100%;
  -webkit-mask: conic-gradient(from -45deg at 50% 100%, #000 90deg, transparent 0) 0 0/.7rem .35rem repeat-x, linear-gradient(#000,#000) 0 100%/100% calc(100% - .34rem) no-repeat;
  mask: conic-gradient(from -45deg at 50% 100%, #000 90deg, transparent 0) 0 0/.7rem .35rem repeat-x, linear-gradient(#000,#000) 0 100%/100% calc(100% - .34rem) no-repeat;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 12px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.5));
  transition: translate .3s cubic-bezier(.16,1,.3,1), filter .3s ease;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}

.cb-43__head {
  display: flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: .6rem;
  margin-top: .35rem;
}

.cb-43__rx {
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--rule);
}

.cb-43__no {
  font-size: .75rem;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}

.cb-43__name {
  position: relative;
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  line-height: 1.1;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
  padding-bottom: .35rem;
}

.cb-43__name::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--rule);
}

.cb-43__dose {
  font-size: .8125rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: color-mix(in oklab,var(--ink) 82%,var(--paper));
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
}

.cb-43__stamp {
  position: absolute;
  right: .9rem;
  bottom: .55rem;
  padding: .25rem .7rem;
  font-family: var(--slab);
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--stamp);
  border: 2px solid var(--stamp);
  border-radius: .2rem;
  -webkit-mask: radial-gradient(.09rem .09rem at 32% 44%, transparent 99%, #000 0) 0 0/5px 5px, linear-gradient(#000,#000);
  mask: radial-gradient(.09rem .09rem at 32% 44%, transparent 99%, #000 0) 0 0/5px 5px, linear-gradient(#000,#000);
  -webkit-mask-composite: source-in;
  mask-composite: intersect;
  rotate: -14deg;
  scale: 1.6;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: scale .34s cubic-bezier(.2,1.6,.4,1), opacity .2s ease;
}

.cb-43__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) {
  translate: 0 -2px;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 18px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.55));
}

.cb-43__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) .cb-43__stamp {
  scale: 1;
  opacity: .88;
}

.cb-43__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid var(--rule);
  outline-offset: 4px;
}

.cb-43__btn:active {
  translate: 0 1px;
}

.cb-43__btn:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
  filter: grayscale(.5);
  opacity: .7;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .cb-43__btn,
    .cb-43__stamp {
    transition: opacity .15s linear;
  }

  .cb-43__stamp {
    scale: 1;
  }
}

@media (forced-colors: active) {
  .cb-43__btn {
    background: ButtonFace;
    color: ButtonText;
    border: 1px solid ButtonText;
    mask: none;
    -webkit-mask: none;
    filter: none;
  }

  .cb-43__stamp {
    color: ButtonText;
    border-color: ButtonText;
    mask: none;
    -webkit-mask: none;
  }

  .cb-43__name::after {
    background: ButtonText;
  }
}
```

How this works

The stamp reads as rubber because of three things together: rotation, a hard 2px border, and uneven ink from a masked speckle. It arrives with an overshoot and a tiny settle:

.cb-43__stamp{ rotate:-14deg; scale:1.6; opacity:0;
  transition:scale .34s cubic-bezier(.2,1.6,.4,1), opacity .2s ease; }
.cb-43__btn:is(:hover,:focus-visible) .cb-43__stamp{ scale:1; opacity:.88; }

The overshoot comes from a bezier with a control point above 1 — the cheapest possible "impact" easing. The serrated top edge is a two-layer mask — a thin strip of triangles unioned with a base that covers everything below it:

mask:
  conic-gradient(from -45deg at 50% 100%, #000 90deg, transparent 0)
    0 0/.7rem .35rem repeat-x,
  linear-gradient(#000,#000) 0 100%/100% calc(100% - .34rem) no-repeat;

Keeping the tooth layer to its own .35rem strip (instead of letting one gradient cover the whole box) is what makes the result predictable across engines.

The paper is an amber base with two soft foxing blotches and a very fine grain; the red rule under the drug name is a 2px pseudo-element, and all numerals are tabular-nums so the dosage block stays aligned.

Make it yours

  • Change the stamp word and colour with the label text and --stamp; "VOID", "PAID" and "COPY" all read correctly.
  • Adjust the serration with the mask's .7rem tile — larger teeth read as a coarser tear.
  • Recolour the stock via --paper; a pale green reads as a 1970s prescription.
  • Remove the foxing blotches for a clean modern pharmacy look.

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • Typewriter faces have wide sidebearings; letter-spacing needs to go slightly negative or the label looks airy.
  • A rotated stamp overlapping text reduces legibility — keep its opacity below .9 and clear of the primary line.
  • Overshoot easings on scale can clip inside overflow:hidden; give the container padding.
  • Never encode meaning only in the stamp; add real text if the state matters.
  • Don't imply real medical information in production UI — this is a visual style, not a prescription component.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
120+15.4+53+120+

conic-gradient masks: Chrome 120 / Safari 15.4 (prefixed earlier) / Firefox 83. Without mask support the top edge is straight and everything else is unchanged.

Techniques used in this demo

mask-compositeMDN ↗conic-gradient()MDN ↗filterMDN ↗color-mix()MDN ↗radial-gradient()MDN ↗clamp()MDN ↗

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