Разработка - Горизонтальное меню с эффектом наведения

Пишем нашу разметку:

HTML:

<nav>    
      <div class="menu">
        <ul class="clear">
          <li>
            <a href="#" title="Home">
              <i class="fa fa-home" aria-hidden="true"></i>
              <span class="link-text">Home</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="#" title="Features">
              <i class="far fa-lightbulb" aria-hidden="true"></i>
              <span class="link-text">Features</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="#" title="Portfolio">
              <i class="fas fa-pencil-alt" aria-hidden="true"></i>
              <span class="link-text">Portfolio</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="#" title="Blog">
              <i class="far fa-comment" aria-hidden="true"></i>
              <span class="link-text">Blog</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="#" title="Contact">
              <i class="far fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i>
              <span class="link-text">Contact</span>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </div>
</nav>

Пишем стиль:

CSS:

body {
  background: #bfbfbf;
  font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

.clear:after {
  content: " ";
  display: block;
  clear: both;
}

nav .menu {
  margin-top: 50px;
  text-align: center;
}

nav .menu ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  display: inline-block;
}

nav .menu ul li {
  float: left;
  width: 124px;
  height: 140px;
  border-left: 1px solid;
  border-color: #e3e3e3;
  background-color: #fff;
  -moz-transition: background-color 0.2s linear 0s;
  -ms-transition: background-color 0.2s linear 0s;
  -o-transition: background-color 0.2s linear 0s;
  -webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear 0s;
  transition: background-color 0.2s linear 0s;
}

nav .menu ul li:last-child {
  border-right: 1px solid #e3e3e3;
}

nav .menu ul li a {
  display: table;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: relative;
  text-align: center;
}

nav .menu a i {
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
  color: #a3a7ad;
  font-size: 23px;
  -moz-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -ms-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
}

nav .menu a i:before {
  border: 2px solid;
  border-color: #a3a7ad;
  border-radius: 500px;
  width: 41px;
  display: inline-block;
  height: 41px;
  line-height: 37px;
  -moz-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -ms-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -o-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
}

nav .menu a .link-text {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 13px;
  right: 10px;
  color: #565a60;
  font-size: 14px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  -moz-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -ms-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -o-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  -webkit-transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
  transition: all 0.2s linear 0s;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover {
  background-color: #ffea00;
  border-color: #ffea00;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover + li {
  border-color: #ffea00;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover + li:last-child {
  border-right-color: #e3e3e3;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover .link-text {
  opacity: 0;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover i {
  color: #565a60;
  font-size: 43px;
}

nav .menu ul li:hover i:before {
  border-color: transparent;
  border-radius: 500px;
  width: 66px;
  height: 66px;
  line-height: 60px;
  -moz-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -ms-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -o-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  -webkit-transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0s linear 0.2s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
  transition: color 0.2s linear 0s, font-size 0.2s linear 0s, border-color 0.2s linear 0s, height 0.2s linear 0s, width 0.2s linear 0s, line-height 0.2s linear 0s;
}

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Разработка Горизонтальное меню с эффектом наведения

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