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Kinetic Typography

3D Extruded Word

Bold word "DEPTH" rotates in 3D via oscillating rotateX/Y transforms; 14-layer drop-shadow stack creates a warm extruded block illusion.

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When to use it

Hero displays, title cards, or any brand word that benefits from tactile 3D depth without 3D-library overhead.

When not to

Strings longer than 6–7 characters (shadow stack becomes visually noisy) or low-contrast light backgrounds.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the word to 'BOLD', set color to #00eaff, increase extrusion depth to 20 layers (d<=20), and slow the rotation by setting t+=0.01. Theme: dark tokens live in :root, the light variant in :root[data-theme="light"]; ?theme=light or a {type:'forever:theme'} postMessage switches at runtime.

Safe to edit

  • word content (div#word text)
  • font color (#ffcf4d)
  • extrusion depth (d<=14 loop)
  • rotation speed (t+=0.02)
  • rotation amplitude (ry=sin(t)*32, rx=cos(t*0.8)*10)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard
  • visibilitychange pause/resume
  • transform-style:preserve-3d + perspective on body
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Text shadow extrusion is purely 2D layered — true depth breaks if the word is rotated beyond ~45deg
  • Light re-theme via the [data-theme=light] token block; catalog bg/accent describe the dark default

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