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Kinetic Typography

Ticker Tape Fall

Split-flap letter reels spin and brake staggered onto each letter with motion-blur streaks and a teal glow flash on lock. Auto-cycles four words.

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When to use it

Dark-theme hero displays, departure/arrival board aesthetics, retro terminal branding, looping word reveals.

When not to

Light backgrounds (hardcoded dark canvas). Words longer than ~8 chars may overflow on narrow viewports.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the WORDS array to ["LAUNCH","DEPLOY","SHIP","BUILD"] and set accent to #a855f7 (update fillStyle '#2ec4b6' and all shadowColor rgba values). 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

  • WORDS array (cycling word list)
  • accent color (#2ec4b6 teal)
  • lockAt stagger timing (0.9+i*0.62)
  • hold duration before next word (2.6s)
  • initial reel velocity (34+random*10)
  • cell/font sizing ratio (cell*0.82)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • DPR-aware canvas sizing and setTransform
  • reduced-motion static fallback (single resting frame)
  • visibilitychange pause/start guard
  • IIFE wrapper
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded to #07120f — must change CSS and canvas fillRect to use a different background
  • pointermove accelerates spinning reels but has no touch equivalent beyond click
  • Very long words shrink glyphs significantly on short viewports

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