Rack Focus Text Effect
Two words at different depths trade focus like a camera pulling focus: one sharpens while the other goes soft, then back. Blur, opacity and a hint of lens breathing on a slow ease.
Also known as: focus pull text, depth of field text css, blur focus shift text.
Here and there
HTML
<div class="txt-rack-focus-text"><span class="txt-rack-focus-text-near">Here</span> <span class="txt-rack-focus-text-far">and there</span></div>
CSS
.txt-rack-focus-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: inline-flex;
align-items: baseline;
gap: 0.35em;
color: var(--c);}
.txt-rack-focus-text-near,
.txt-rack-focus-text-far {
display: inline-block;
animation: 6s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) infinite;
}
.txt-rack-focus-text-near {
font-size: 1.7em;
font-weight: 800;
animation-name: txt-rack-focus-text-near;
}
.txt-rack-focus-text-far {
font-size: 0.9em;
font-weight: 600;
transform: translateY(-0.9em);
animation-name: txt-rack-focus-text-far;
}
@keyframes txt-rack-focus-text-near {
0%, 38%, 96%, 100% { filter: blur(0); opacity: 1; transform: scale(1); }
50%, 84% { filter: blur(0.07em); opacity: 0.45; transform: scale(1.03); }
}
@keyframes txt-rack-focus-text-far {
0%, 38%, 96%, 100% { filter: blur(0.09em); opacity: 0.5; transform: translateY(-0.9em) scale(0.97); }
50%, 84% { filter: blur(0); opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-0.9em) scale(1); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-rack-focus-text, .txt-rack-focus-text *, .txt-rack-focus-text::before, .txt-rack-focus-text::after, .txt-rack-focus-text *::before, .txt-rack-focus-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.