Swash Bloom

How it works

Swash Bloom is a static interactive & advanced text effect rendered entirely in CSS. A data-text attribute mirrors the word into ::before/::after layers, so copy that attribute together with the CSS.

Controls

Swash Bloom exposes 3 dedicated controls — Ink Hue, Bloom Speed and Flourish Accent — on top of the shared type controls (font, weight, letter-spacing and case). Open it in the generator to tune every value live, then copy the updated CSS.

CSS

/* Swash Bloom — made with TEXT-FX · https://text-fx.app
 * HTML: the element needs a data-text attribute equal to its text.
 * Font: 'Sorts Mill Goudy', serif (load from Google Fonts).
 */

.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 8px;
  text-transform: none;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  color: hsl(35 28% 82%);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color 0.64s ease;
}
.text-effect:hover {
  color: hsl(35 28% 82% / 0);
}
.text-effect::before {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: hsl(35 28% 82%);
  font-style: italic;
  font-feature-settings: "swsh" 1, "dlig" 1, "hlig" 1, "liga" 1, "calt" 1, "salt" 1;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(0.94);
  transform-origin: center;
  transition: opacity 0.64s ease, transform 0.77s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.4, 0.4, 1);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scale(1);
}

HTML

This effect needs the markup below (per-letter spans, SVG defs, or a data-text attribute).

<!-- Made with TEXT-FX · https://text-fx.app -->

<style>
.text-effect {
  font-family: 'Sorts Mill Goudy', serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: 8px;
  text-transform: none;
}

.text-effect {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  color: hsl(35 28% 82%);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color 0.64s ease;
}
.text-effect:hover {
  color: hsl(35 28% 82% / 0);
}
.text-effect::before {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  color: hsl(35 28% 82%);
  font-style: italic;
  font-feature-settings: "swsh" 1, "dlig" 1, "hlig" 1, "liga" 1, "calt" 1, "salt" 1;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(0.94);
  transform-origin: center;
  transition: opacity 0.64s ease, transform 0.77s cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.4, 0.4, 1);
  pointer-events: none;
}
.text-effect:hover::before {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scale(1);
}
</style>

<div data-text="Your text" class="text-effect">Your text</div>

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