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Composing Stick Sorts
Mirrored metal sorts drop one by one into a composing stick with a small bounce. The full stick tips forward onto the sheet below and the word prints right reading in ink.
Also known as: letterpress type animation, metal type css animation, movable type animation, printing press text animation.
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Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--txt-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Font size: set
--txt-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing40px. - Speed: change the duration on the
transitionoranimationshorthand. 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.