Letters Pop In
Letters pop in from nothing with a springy overshoot, one after another. The overshoot comes from a cubic-bezier that goes past 1, so no keyframe juggling is needed.
Also known as: bounce in letters, elastic text, scale in letters.
Surprise!
HTML
<div class="txt-letters-pop" aria-label="Surprise!"><span style="--i: 0">S</span><span style="--i: 1">u</span><span style="--i: 2">r</span><span style="--i: 3">p</span><span style="--i: 4">r</span><span style="--i: 5">i</span><span style="--i: 6">s</span><span style="--i: 7">e</span><span style="--i: 8">!</span></div>
CSS
.txt-letters-pop {
--c: var(--txt-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--txt-size, 32px);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
color: var(--c);}
.txt-letters-pop span {
display: inline-block;
transform: scale(0);
animation: txt-letters-pop-in 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1) forwards;
animation-delay: calc(var(--i) * 50ms);
}
@keyframes txt-letters-pop-in {
to { transform: scale(1); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-letters-pop, .txt-letters-pop *, .txt-letters-pop::before, .txt-letters-pop::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.