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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <nav>
  <button type="button" title="Home">
    <span>Home</span>
    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">home</span>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" aria-hidden="true">
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath">Home</textPath>
      </text>
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath" startOffset="50%">Home</textPath>
      </text>
    </svg>
  </button>
  <button type="button">
    <span>About</span>
    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">info</span>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" aria-hidden="true">
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath">About</textPath>
      </text>
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath" startOffset="50%">About</textPath>
      </text>
    </svg>
  </button>
  <button type="button">
    <span>Services</span>
    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">linked_services</span>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 300 300" aria-hidden="true">
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath">Services</textPath>
      </text>
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath" startOffset="50%">Services</textPath>
      </text>
    </svg>
  </button>
  <button type="button">
    <span>Contact</span>
    <span class="material-symbols-outlined" aria-hidden="true">email</span>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 300 300">
      <text fill="currentColor" aria-hidden="true">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath">Contact</textPath>
      </text>
      <text fill="currentColor">
        <textPath xlink:href="#circlePath" startOffset="50%">Contact</textPath>
      </text>
    </svg>
  </button>
</nav>

<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 300 300" width="0" height="0">
  <defs>
    <path id="circlePath"  d="M 150, 150 m -50, 0 a 50,50 0 0,1 100,0 a 50,50 0 0,1 -100,0" />
  </defs>
</svg>
</body>
</html>

@charset "UTF-8";
@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito+Sans:300,400,600,700,800);
*,
:after,
:before {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}
*{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* reset button */
button {
    appearance: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    outline: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    font-family: inherit;
    font-size: inherit;
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: none;
    line-height: normal;
    overflow: visible;
}

body{
    min-height: 100svh;
    background-color: rgb(15, 23, 42);
    color: white;
    display: grid;
    place-content: center;
    font-size: 1rem;
    font-family: system-ui;
}

nav {
    --_clr-txt: rgb(255, 255, 255);
    --_clr-txt-svg: rgb(147, 158, 184);
    --_ani-speed: 6s; /* speed of rotating text */

display: flex;
    /*flex-wrap: wrap;*/
    gap: 1rem;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
}
nav>button {
    position: relative;
    display: grid;
    place-content: center;
    grid-template-areas: 'stack';
    padding: 0 1.5rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: 300;
}

/* place button items on top of each other */
nav>button>span {
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    grid-area: stack;
}
/* nav icon */
nav>button>span:last-of-type {
    margin-top: 0.25rem;
    transform: scale(0);
    transition-delay: 0ms;
    border-radius: 50%;
}
/* hover - hide text */
nav>button:focus-visible>span:first-of-type,
nav>button:hover>span:first-of-type {
    transform: scale(0);
}
/* hover - reveal icon */
nav>button:focus-visible>span:last-of-type,
nav>button:hover>span:last-of-type {
    transform: scale(1);
}

/* nav SVG circular text*/
nav>button>svg {
    position: absolute;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    top: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    transform-origin: center;
    opacity: 0;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
    color: var(--_clr-txt-svg);
}
/* hover - reveal rotating SVG */
nav>button:focus-visible>svg,
nav>button:hover>svg {
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1);
    opacity: 1;
    transition-delay: 150ms;
    transition: all 300ms ease-in-out;
}

/* rotating text within SVG */

@supports (-webkit-touch-callout: none) {
  /* specific to iOS devices */ 
  button svg {
      /* adjust position for iOS */
      translate: -50% -50%;
      animation: rotate var(--_ani-speed) linear infinite;
  }
}
@supports not (-webkit-touch-callout: none) {
  /* all other  devices */ 
  button text {
      transform-origin: center;
      animation: rotate var(--_ani-speed) linear infinite;
  }
}

@keyframes rotate {
    0% {
        transform: rotate(0deg);
    }
    100% {
        transform: rotate(360deg);
    }
}

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