Animation Engine

Text Effects

Over 30 typographic animations for any heading — split reveals, typewriter, scramble, matrix decode, count-up, living gradients, neon, wave, glitch and more. Self-contained (no GSAP) and honours reduced-motion.

30+ effects, applied per element

Type that moves.

Every heading below is live. Each effect is applied from the element’s Animations tab — no shortcodes, no GSAP. Scroll back up to replay the on-view ones.

Reveal

Headings that assemble as they enter

Text effect

Split Reveal

Characters rise and fade into place.

Assembled on scroll

Text effect

Blur Reveal

Sharpens from a soft blur, letter by letter.

Sharpens into focus

Text effect

Scale Pop

Each character pops up from small.

Pops into place

Text effect

Bounce In

Letters bounce in with a springy settle.

Bounces right in

Decode & type

Text that writes and unscrambles itself

Text effect

Typewriter

Types on one key at a time, with a caret.

Typed one key at a time

Text effect

Scramble

Random glyphs settle into the final text.

Decoded from noise

Text effect

Matrix Decode

A cascade of glyphs resolves into words.

Decrypting the message

Text effect

Count Up

Numbers roll up from zero on view.

12,480

Text effect

Rotating Words

A trailing word cycles through a list.

Built for

Living colour & glow

Continuous, ambient motion

Text effect

Gradient Flow

An animated colour gradient runs across the letters.

Flowing gradient

Text effect

Shimmer

A soft sheen sweeps across the text.

Subtle shimmer

Text effect

Rainbow

A full-spectrum hue cycle.

Full rainbow

Text effect

Neon Flicker

A glowing neon sign that flickers.

Neon nights

Kinetic & interactive

Waves, glitches and highlights

Text effect

Wave

Letters ripple in a continuous wave.

Riding the wave

Text effect

Glitch

A chromatic glitch tears through the text.

Glitched signal

Text effect

Marker Highlight

A highlighter marker draws behind the words.

Highlight the point

Text effect

Outline → Fill

Outlined letters flood with colour.

Outline to fill

How to set it up

Add it in under a minute

  1. Add a heading — Special Heading, or any text element.
  2. Open it → AnimationsText Effect.
  3. Pick an effect and tune its options (split, speed, colours, trigger).
  4. Save and scroll to it — reveal effects fire on view, the ambient ones loop.

Free & open source

Build with this element, free.

Install the framework and the Bootstrap 5 theme, then drag this element into any page.