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[[!meta title="SOMA Inspired Terminal Display with CSS"]]
[[!meta date="2021-05-29"]]
A few years back I played (and loved) [SOMA](https://store.steampowered.com/app/282140/SOMA/), a first-person sci-fi horror-adventure game. The story was intriguing and the developers nailed the overall atmosphere of Pathos-II. Though both those aspects were great, what I found the most enjoyable were the interactive computers and displays found sprinkled throughout the world.
Three years ago I wanted to see if I could recreate one of those terminal displays with HTML & CSS. And I did just that.
So, why am I writing about this *three years later*? Well, I never did a proper write-up explaining how I achieved it. I'm sure someone out there in the wild west of the web could get some value out of this tutorial, right? I hope so!
## The Live Demo
[Live CodePen Example](https://codepen.io/bradleytaunt/pen/ZEeLgmz)
## The HTML
Nothing fancy going on here - just some simple `div` elements holding a few paragraphs and spans:
<div class="outer-frame">
<div class="screen">
<div class="screen-guts">
<h2>Key Control</h2>
<p><span>Panel Chip</span> (Connector)</p>
<p class="column">
Security Keys: 023-027<br>C819738-23
<br>
<span class="error">Error: Key Expired</span>
<br>
<em>Please update...</em>
</p>
<p>
<span>Permission</span>
<br>
Standard ThetaCipher
<br>
<span>Secop-Jstrohweier</span>
</p>
<button class="update-button">Update Chip</button>
</div>
<div class="bottom-controls">
<button class="back-button">Back 背部</button>
</div>
</div>
</div>
## The CSS
Let's just dump all the CSS right here (don't worry, it looks far more complicated than it really is):
@import url('https://opentype.netlify.com/sansation/index.css');
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
background: #333;
font-family: "Sansation", sans-serif;
padding: 3rem 0;
}
button {
appearance: none;
border: 0;
cursor: pointer;
font-family: "Inconsolata", "Consolas", mono;
font-size: 18px;
transition: 0.3s ease all;
}
.outer-frame,
.screen {
display: block;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
}
.outer-frame {
background: #ccc url("https://preview.ibb.co/iS9nz7/screen_grunge.webp") no-repeat center;
background-size: cover;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: 0 5px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
height: 560px;
width: 750px;
}
.outer-frame:before {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: inset 5px 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.4), 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
content: '';
height: 538px;
left: 15px;
position: absolute;
top: 11px;
width: 720px;
}
.screen {
background: #000 url("https://image.ibb.co/gOqSz7/screen_dust.webp") no-repeat center;
background-size: cover;
border-radius: 5px;
height: 450px;
left: 75px;
padding: 60px;
position: absolute;
top: 55px;
width: 600px;
}
.screen:after {
background: url("https://s13.postimg.org/85ryuy1o7/dust.webp") no-repeat center;
background-size: cover;
border-radius: 5px;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.5), inset 5px 5px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.4), 1px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,0.3);
content: '';
height: 100%;
left: 0;
opacity: 0.8;
pointer-events: none;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
width: 100%;
z-index: 2;
}
.screen-guts {
border-bottom: 2px solid #8fc8c8;
border-top: 2px solid #8fc8c8;
height: calc(100% - 50px);
position: relative;
width: 100%;
z-index: 0;
}
.screen-guts:after {
border: 2px solid #8fc8c8;
color: #8fc8c8;
content: '键';
padding: 5px 8px;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 5px;
}
.screen-guts h2 {
background: #8fc8c8;
color: #fff;
display: inline-block;
font-size: 24px;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 10px;
}
.screen-guts p {
color: #8fc8c8;
font-size: 18px;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
}
.screen-guts p.column {
column-width: 200px;
}
.screen-guts p span {
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.screen-guts p span.error {
color: #f37c56;
}
.screen-guts p span em {
text-transform: none;
}
.screen-guts button.update-button {
background: #889314;
bottom: 10px;
color: #fff;
padding: 15px 20px;
position: absolute;
right: 0;
}
.screen-guts button.update-button:hover {
background: #515905;
}
.bottom-controls {
background: #8fc8c8;
border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
bottom: 0;
display: flex;
left: 0;
height: 50px;
padding: 5px;
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
}
.bottom-controls button.back-button {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
color: #fff;
line-height: 20px;
padding: 8px 20px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.bottom-controls button.back-button:hover {
background: rgba(0,0,0,0.6);
}
The overall styling is fairly simple (which is great for browser support) with only a couple pseudo elements. It's important to include the custom `Sansation` typeface, since this is what the game uses for most UI elements and terminals. (I'm loading in this font via my [OpenType side project](https://opentype.netlify.app))
The most important properties that truly bring this design together are those associated with the `.outer-frame` and `.screen` pseudo elements. Both of these elements use custom `background-images` that give a little more depth and life to the terminal - in this case fingerprints, dust and smudges.
Feel free to swap these image textures out with your own and alter the terminal as you see fit!
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