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Kinetic Typography

Scramble Decode

Neon-green monospace words scramble through random glyphs then lock left-to-right like a terminal decrypting. Auto-cycles; click skips to next word.

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When to use it

Hacker/terminal aesthetic hero sections, loading screens, cyberpunk or tech-brand reveals needing text drama.

When not to

Light-background UIs (background hardcoded near-black). Long words lose legibility during scramble phase.

Working with an AI agent

Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:

Change the words array to ["SYSTEM","BREACH","OVERRIDE"], set neon color to #00eaff, and slow reveal by changing the per-letter step from 5 to 9.

Safe to edit

  • word list (words array)
  • neon color (#39ff14 in CSS and text-shadow)
  • scramble character set (chars string)
  • reveal speed per letter (i*5 step)
  • settle delay before next word (+70 frames)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard with static fallback
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • span node pool reuse (avoids innerHTML churn)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded in CSS — must edit to change from near-black
  • Click div lacks aria role for keyboard accessibility
  • Auto-cycles by default — remove word-advance block for single static decode

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