Echo Trail

Interactive & Advanced · Animated · pure CSS

Hue-shifted fading clones trail behind the drifting word for a clean motion after-image. An echo trail, not a chromatic glitch.

Echo Trail

CSS

/* Echo Trail — generated with TEXT-FX
 * HTML: just put the class on any element.
 * Font: 'Space Mono', monospace (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Space Mono', monospace;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0px;
  text-transform: none;
}

.text-effect {
  color: hsl(48 90% 70%);
  text-shadow: -7px 0 0 hsl(69 85% 62% / 0.53), -14px 0 0 hsl(90 85% 62% / 0.45), -21px 0 0 hsl(111 85% 62% / 0.38), -28px 0 0 hsl(132 85% 62% / 0.3), -35px 0 0 hsl(153 85% 62% / 0.22), -42px 0 0 hsl(174 85% 62% / 0.15), -49px 0 0 hsl(195 85% 62% / 0.07);
  animation: text-effect-drift 4.9s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}

@keyframes text-effect-drift {
  from { transform: translateX(-34px); }
  to { transform: translateX(34px); }
}

Pure CSS — just add the .text-effect class to any element.

Category
Interactive & Advanced
Type
Animated
Browser support
All modern browsers
Capabilities
pure

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