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Customizable Typewriter Animation With CSS

Kevin Powell via YouTube

Overview

Learn how to create a customizable typewriter animation using only CSS in this 19-minute tutorial video. Explore techniques for setting up pseudo-elements, revealing text with animations, improving animations with the steps() function, and using max-content for width. Discover how to add a blinking caret effect and make the animation easily customizable with custom properties. Follow along as the instructor demonstrates how to animate additional text elements, providing a comprehensive guide to creating an engaging typewriter effect for your web projects.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Use a monospace font
- Setting the stage with pseudo-elements
- Animation to reveal the text
- Improving the animation with steps
- Using max-content for the width
- Making the text look like it's being revealed
- Adding the caret
- The blinking animation
- Making it easier to customize
- Animating the other text

Taught by

Kevin Powell

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