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Kinetic Typography

Line Wipe Sweep

A gold scan bar sweeps down outlined letters, filling them with glowing solid color as it passes — like a darkroom print developing. Cycles through four words.

canvasmedium complexitymoderate motionclick

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When to use it

Hero text reveals, loading screens, or brand moments where a dramatic develop/reveal effect fits. Dark backgrounds only.

When not to

Light backgrounds (BG is hardcoded dark maroon). Contexts where auto-cycling word changes would distract from surrounding content.

Working with an AI agent

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

Change the words array to ["LAUNCH","BUILD","SHIP","GROW"], set ACC to '#00eaff' for a cyan glow, and slow the sweep speed by changing 0.012 to 0.007. 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 (words=[...])
  • accent color (ACC='#ffd166')
  • sweep speed (0.012 base speed)
  • hold pause duration (hold>70)
  • font size scale (H*0.42)
  • theme tokens (:root dark defaults + [data-theme=light] overrides)

Keep intact

  • IIFE wrapper
  • prefers-reduced-motion guard with static fallback
  • visibilitychange pause/stop
  • DPR-aware canvas sizing
  • theme hook (?theme= bootstrap + forever:theme message listener + theme tokens)

Known limitations

  • Background color hardcoded in CSS and JS — must change both BG constant and CSS to recolor
  • Pointer nudge only accelerates sweep, not a full pointer interaction
  • No aria labels on canvas or click target

typographycanvasscanwiperevealdarkroommonospace

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