Is there a way to slowly add letters to text by css? [closed]
You can consider animating the maximum width of a span like below.
.slow {
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: bottom;
max-width: 0.5rem;
overflow: hidden;
animation: slow 2s ease forwards;
}
@keyframes slow {
from {
max-width: 0.5rem;
}
to {
max-width: 3rem;
}
}
<span>Sl</span><span class="slow">oooooo</span><span>w</span>
You could add all the additional o
s as <span>
elements and then animate them all consecutively using :nth-child
to select them one by one:
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
body {
display: flex;
}
h1 {
font-size: 10vw;
margin: auto;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}
h1 span {
max-width: 0;
overflow: hidden;
display: inline-block;
vertical-align: bottom;
}
@keyframes in {
from { max-width: 0; opacity: 0; }
25% { max-width: 1em; opacity: 0; }
to { max-width: 1em; opacity: 1; }
}
h1 span {
animation: in 1s;
animation-fill-mode: forwards;
}
h1 span:nth-child(1){ animation-delay: 0s; }
h1 span:nth-child(2){ animation-delay: 1s; }
h1 span:nth-child(3){ animation-delay: 2s; }
h1 span:nth-child(4){ animation-delay: 3s; }
h1 span:nth-child(5){ animation-delay: 4s; }
h1 span:nth-child(6){ animation-delay: 5s; }
h1 span:nth-child(7){ animation-delay: 6s; }
h1 span:nth-child(8){ animation-delay: 7s; }
h1 span:nth-child(9){ animation-delay: 8s; }
<h1>Slo<span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span><span>o</span>w</h1>
Just for fun, here's a solution in actual pure CSS (i.e. only requiring a single HTML element), using the content
CSS property:
.expanding-slow::before {
content: "Slo";
animation: expand-slow linear 3s both;
}
.expanding-slow::after { content: "w"; }
@keyframes expand-slow {
0% { content: "Slo"; }
20% { content: "Sloo"; }
40% { content: "Slooo"; }
60% { content: "Sloooo"; }
80% { content: "Slooooo"; }
100% { content: "Sloooooo"; }
}
.expanding-slow--smooth::before {
display: inline-block;
content: "Sloooooo";
max-width: 3ch;
overflow: hidden;
vertical-align: text-top;
animation: expand-slow--smooth linear 3s both;
}
.expanding-slow--smooth::after { content: "w"; }
@keyframes expand-slow--smooth {
0% { max-width: 3ch; }
100% { max-width: 8ch; }
}
Using <code>content</code>:
<p class="expanding-slow"></p>
Using <code>max-width</code>:
<p class="expanding-slow--smooth"></p>
Here's a revised version of @DarioSanchezMartinez 's answer that fits a bit closer to your spec.
/* Taken from http://animista.net/play/entrances/fade-in */
#animate-1 {
-webkit-animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
}
#animate-2 {
-webkit-animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation-delay: 1s;
}
#animate-3 {
-webkit-animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation-delay: 2s;
}
#animate-4 {
-webkit-animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation: fade-in 1.2s cubic-bezier(0.390, 0.575, 0.565, 1.000) both;
animation-delay: 3s;
}
@-webkit-keyframes fade-in {
0% {
opacity: 0;
}
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
}
@keyframes fade-in {
0% {
opacity: 0;
}
100% {
opacity: 1;
}
}
SL<span id="animate-1">o</span><span id="animate-2">o</span><span id="animate-3">o</span><span id="animate-4">o</span>W