3D Flip Card Rotating Text
The word sits on a card that flips over on its vertical axis to show the next word on its back, settling with a slight overshoot. Every word is one face with backface-visibility hidden.
Also known as: flip text animation css, card flip word swap, rotateY text rotator.
Book a
demo
call
tour
HTML
<div class="txt-flip-card-rotating-text">Book a
<span class="txt-flip-card-rotating-text-card">
<span style="--i: 0">demo</span>
<span style="--i: 1">call</span>
<span style="--i: 2">tour</span>
</span>
</div>CSS
.txt-flip-card-rotating-text {
--c: var(--txt-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--txt-size, 32px);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
display: flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 0.3em;
white-space: nowrap;}
.txt-flip-card-rotating-text-card {
display: inline-grid;
}
.txt-flip-card-rotating-text-card span {
grid-area: 1 / 1;
padding: 0.04em 0.45em 0.08em;
border-radius: 0.24em;
background: var(--c);
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
backface-visibility: hidden;
/* 3 words x 2s = 6s */
animation: txt-flip-card-rotating-text-flip 6s cubic-bezier(0.45, 0, 0.25, 1.3) infinite;
animation-delay: calc(var(--i) * 2s - 6s);
}
.txt-flip-card-rotating-text-card span:not(:first-child) {
opacity: 0;
}
/* out: 0 to -180deg; in: 180deg to 0, on the same beat, so the pair reads as one card */
@keyframes txt-flip-card-rotating-text-flip {
0%, 21.67% { transform: perspective(6em) rotateY(0); }
0%, 32% { opacity: 1; }
33.33% { transform: perspective(6em) rotateY(-180deg); opacity: 0; }
33.34% { transform: perspective(6em) rotateY(180deg); opacity: 0; }
34%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
88.33% { transform: perspective(6em) rotateY(180deg); }
100% { transform: perspective(6em) rotateY(0); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-flip-card-rotating-text, .txt-flip-card-rotating-text *, .txt-flip-card-rotating-text::before, .txt-flip-card-rotating-text::after, .txt-flip-card-rotating-text *::before, .txt-flip-card-rotating-text *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}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.