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Reading Ruler Paragraph

A paragraph set as separate lines. A soft tinted ruler band glides to whichever line you point at with a spatial ease, that line brightens and the rest dim, so you can read down it like a finger.

Also known as: reading ruler css, line focus hover, highlight line on hover, reading guide paragraph.

Run a finger under the line you are reading and your eye stops slipping back to the start of the one above. A reading ruler does the same on a screen: one soft band that follows you down the page, a single line at a time.

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Customizing this snippet

  • Color: set --hfx-color on the element or a parent. Currently previewing #3b82f6.
  • Base size: set --hfx-size. Every other dimension is in em, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing 16px.
  • Speed: change the duration on the transition or animation shorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm.
  • Reduced motion: the rule at the end of the CSS turns the motion off for people who asked their OS for less of it. Keep it.

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