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Music Box Comb
Pins on a turning brass drum pluck a steel comb one tooth at a time. Each tooth flicks and quivers to rest, and the letter above it lifts and glows, so the plucks spell the word left to right.
Also known as: music box text animation, plucked letters css, comb tooth wobble text, mechanical melody text.
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- 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.