Kinetic Typography
Typewriter Loop
Monospace terminal line types and deletes phrases in a loop with randomized keystroke timing; a glowing green block caret blinks throughout.
csslight complexitysubtle motion
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When to use it
Developer-oriented hero text, CLI-themed landing pages, or any dark-background context needing ambient motion with a coding aesthetic.
When not to
Light-background UIs (background hardcoded near-black). Contexts where rapid text cycling distracts from primary content.
Working with an AI agent
Every component ships agent-ready metadata. An example instruction for this one:
Change the phrases array to ["build.", "ship.", "iterate.", "deploy();"], set caret color to #60a5fa, and slow typing speed to 130+Math.random()*80.
Safe to edit
- phrases array content
- typing speed (90+Math.random()*60)
- delete speed (45ms)
- caret color (#46e6a0)
- font-size clamp range
Keep intact
- IIFE wrapper
- prefers-reduced-motion guard (static first phrase fallback)
- visibilitychange pause/resume
Known limitations
- Background color hardcoded near-black in CSS — must edit to use on light backgrounds
- No ARIA live region — screen readers won't announce changing text
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- Marquee TickerTwo rows of bold words scroll in opposite directions — yellow left, teal right — with red bullet separators on a dark green background, news-ticker style.