The Art Of The SVG Filter And Why It Is Awesome
▻http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/05/26/why-the-svg-filter-is-awesome
Sophisticated SVG Filters: CSS For Type
Most of this is already possible: The trick is to unleash the magic of SVG filters. SVG filters (and CSS filters) are usually considered a way to spice up bitmaps via blur effects or color manipulation. But they are much more. Like CSS rules, an SVG filter can be a set of directives to add another visual layer on top of conventional text. With the CSS filter property, these effects can be used outside of SVG and be applied directly to HTML content.