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Text Effects

Gradient Wipe

Bold headline in dim steel; a bright gold sheen band sweeps across via background-clip:text with a soft bloom glow pulsing beneath at center crossing.

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When to use it

Dark-mode hero titles, product names, or brand wordmarks needing a premium metallic reveal loop.

When not to

Light backgrounds (hardcoded dark body). Multi-word strings longer than ~10 chars where the sheen band looks thin.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the word from 'METALLIC' to 'CHROME', shift sheen color from gold (#f5d76e) to silver (#e8eaf0), and slow the cycle to 5s. 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 (data-w attribute + h1 text)
  • sheen band color (#f5d76e / #fff6d6)
  • animation duration (3.6s)
  • background-size:280% controls band width
  • bloom opacity peak (0.5 at 55%)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • background-clip:text / -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent pair
  • ::after bloom uses data-w attr for matching text
  • visibilitychange pause guard
  • prefers-reduced-motion settled static frame
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • background-clip:text unsupported in some older browsers — text falls invisible without the -webkit- prefix
  • Light re-theme via the [data-theme=light] token block; catalog bg/accent describe the dark default

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  • Stagger RiseGold serif letters rise through a clipped baseline one by one, hold as a word, then exit upward in a staggered loop.
  • Weight WaveA bell-curve wave of font-weight travels left-to-right across the word WEIGHT; crest letters bulge bold, lift slightly, and warm to gold glow.
  • Block RevealGold block sweeps left-to-right over stacked uppercase words, pauses, then retracts right to reveal the text. Loops with a faint underline rule.
  • Glitch SplitBold word renders with red/cyan RGB channel-split; periodic bursts trigger horizontal slice displacement and scanline glints over a dark background.