In this article, we will show you how to create an awesome text effect using CSS. We will also discuss how you can achieve the same effect in your web design.
1. CSS Perspective Text Hover by James Bosworth
Author: James Bosworth
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
2. Color Swap by Mai El-Awini
Author: Mai El-Awini
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3. Silent Movie Text Effect by Dimitra Vasilopoulou
Author: Dimitra Vasilopoulou
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4. (cool) CSS text effects by Hakkam Abdullah
Author: Hakkam Abdullah
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5. Flickering Light CSS Text Effects by Mandy Michael
Author: Mandy Michael
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6. In/out of focus CSS text effects by Jonny Scholes
Author: Jonny Scholes
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7. Wave text effect (with SVG/blend mode) by Lucas Bebber
Author: Lucas Bebber
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8. Text Effect – Mystique by Chris Johnson
Author: Chris Johnson
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9. CodePen Text Effect by Jack Rugile
Author: Jack Rugile
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10. Opening Credits by Vuild
Author: Vuild
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11. Filling text effect by Vangel Tzo
Author: Vangel Tzo
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
12. SVG Stroke Text Effect by Michael Musgrove
Author: Michael Musgrove
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13. CSS Blend Mode Text Effect by Mandy Michael
Author: Mandy Michael
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14. CSS3 Horror Style Text Effect by Clément Guillou
Author: Clément Guillou
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15. Cutting text effect by ChenXin_nth
Author: ChenXin_nth
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16. Direction aware filling text effect by Vangel Tzo
Author: Vangel Tzo
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17. 3D Text Effect + Ambient light by Joep
Author: Joep
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18. Rotating text by Rachel Smith
Author: Rachel Smith
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
19. Focus Text Hover Effect | HTML+ CSS + jQuery by Cameron Fitzwilliam
Author: Cameron Fitzwilliam
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
20. Animated – Text Hover Effect by Steven Roberts
Author: Steven Roberts
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
21. Text Hover Effect by Paolo Duzioni
Author: Paolo Duzioni
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22. Text hover effect by Brooke Lewis
Author: Brooke Lewis
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23. Break Apart Text Hover Effect by John Durso
Author: John Durso
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
24. Playground Paris Hover Effect – Text Effects by Micah Carroll
Author: Micah Carroll
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25. Peeled Text Transforms by Zoë Bijl
Author: Zoë Bijl
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26. Highlight Text by NANOUU
Author: NANOUU
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
27. Letters Effect by stefano perelli
Author: stefano perelli
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28. CSS Perspective Text Hover by James Bosworth
Author: James Bosworth
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
29. Popout Text With Background Image Shadow by Mark
Author: Mark
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
30. LOVE Text Effect by Matthew Wagerfield
Author: Matthew Wagerfield
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31. Cool 3D Text With Hover State In Just CSS by Ashish Anand
Author: Ashish Anand
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32. Multiline Text Strikthrough by Mandy Michael
Author: Mandy Michael
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33. Simple Unexpected Hover Effect by Noah Raskin
Author: Noah Raskin
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34. Refracted Floating Text Effect by George W. Park
Author: George W. Park
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35. Multi Line Truncation In Pure CSS by Benjamin Solum
Author: Benjamin Solum
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36. Pure CSS Animated 3D Text Effect and Fade In As Outline Text Effect by rohzart
Author: rohzart
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37. Butter by NANOUU
Author: NANOUU
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
38. Layered Text-shadow Effect CSS by Shireen Taj
Author: Shireen Taj
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
39. Text Hover Effect by Habibur Rahman
Author: Habibur Rahman
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
40. Animating Striped Text With Background Clip And Gradients by Mandy Michael
Author: Mandy Michael
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
41. CSS In CSS With A Lot Of C And S by Giulia Cardieri
Author: Giulia Cardieri
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
42. Sweet Stuff by Mireille Tijdeman
Author: Mireille Tijdeman
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
43. Sliced Text Effect by Shireen Taj
Author: Shireen Taj
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
44. Strokes, Shadows + Halftone Effects by Mark
Author: Mark
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
45. Custom Multiline Text Underline With Rounded Caps by ash
Author: ash
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
46. Blazing Fire by Makan
Author: Makan
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
47. Happy New Year! — CSS Only by SnailCrusher
Author: SnailCrusher
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48. Multi-line Animated Underline Text Effects by Stas Melnikov
Author: Stas Melnikov
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
49. CSS Text Reveal by Andrés Sánchez
Author: Andrés Sánchez
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
50. Animated Highlighted Text by Rian Ariona
Author: Rian Ariona
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
51. Text-Shadow by Temani Afif
Author: Temani Afif
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
52. Lightness by Kai
Author: Kai
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
53. Shaded Text by Rafael González
Author: Rafael González
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
54. Hello! by Sebastian De Rossi
Author: Sebastian De Rossi
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55. Simple CSS Hover Effect Using Sass Loops by Charlie Marcotte
Author: Charlie Marcotte
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56. Animated Text-Shadow by Erin E. Sullivan
Author: Erin E. Sullivan
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
57. Text Shadow by lChap701
Author: lChap701
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58. Multiline Background Gradient With Mix-blend-mode by Matthias Ott
Author: Matthias Ott
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59. CSS Paper Cut-out Effect by Smashing Magazine
Author: Smashing Magazine
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60. Animated Underlines by Ragnar Þór Valgeirsson
Author: Ragnar Þór Valgeirsson
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61. Lightning Text Skew Idea by Tom Hermans
Author: Tom Hermans
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
62. Knockout Text by Krisztina Kovari
Author: Krisztina Kovari
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63. Animated Blobs Text – Multiple Colors by Amli
Author: Amli
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64. Text Effect With CSS by Vikash Singh
Author: Vikash Singh
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65. Twenty Twenty & Multi-Color Gradients ❤ by Leena Lavanya
Author: Leena Lavanya
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66. Single CSS Cube by Lynn Fisher
Author: Lynn Fisher
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
67. Neon Glow Text Effect by HRe7ma
Author: HRe7ma
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
68. SVG Text Underline by Andrew Spencer
Author: Andrew Spencer
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69. 80s Fonts Text Effect 4: Cyberspace Text by Ion Emil Negoita
Author: Ion Emil Negoita
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70. Word Underline with CSS & by Jhey
Author: Jhey
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71. Split CSS Text Effect With Clip-Path by Håvard Brynjulfsen
Author: Håvard Brynjulfsen
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72. Simple Text Stroke Effect by Mohammad Bagher Ehtemam
Author: Mohammad Bagher Ehtemam
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73. Background Clipping Covfefe by Stephanie
Author: Stephanie
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74. Variable Fonts Hover Effect by Dusko Stamenic
Author: Dusko Stamenic
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75. SVG Text: Animated Typing by Tiffany Rayside
Author: Tiffany Rayside
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76. SVG/Stroke Animation by Mansoour
Author: Mansoour
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77. Popout Text by Nathan Taylor
Author: Nathan Taylor
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78. background-image for Text by Nils Binder
Author: Nils Binder
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79. Underline Clip Hover Animation by Marwan Zibaoui
Author: Marwan Zibaoui
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80. Pseudo Element for Fancy text-decoration by Nils Binder
Author: Nils Binder
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81. SVG Knockout Text With Video Background by Daniel Yuschick
Author: Daniel Yuschick
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82. Writing Mode by CSS GRID
Author: CSS GRID
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83. Skew Text On Hover by delpher
Author: delpher
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84. CSS : Background Clip by Amir
Author: Amir
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85. Texts by Dorota S.
Author: Dorota S.
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86. Scrambled CSS Text Effect by timming-au
Author: timming-au
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87. Amazing Interiors Font Effect by Shannon Crabill
Author: Shannon Crabill
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88. Text In A Circle With CSS Variables by Michelle Barker
Author: Michelle Barker
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89. Sliding Perspective by Adam Dipinto
Author: Adam Dipinto
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90. CSS: Text With Image Fill by David Fox
Author: David Fox
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91. CSS Gooey Text Transition by Mike Golus
Author: Mike Golus
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92. Text Line Animation by John Healey
Author: John Healey
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93. Relieves En Textos by David Lillo
Author: David Lillo
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94. SAVE! by Sebastian Opperman
Author: Sebastian Opperman
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
95. CSS Attempts At Text With Inline Skewed Background by Mark Stickling
Author: Mark Stickling
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96. Typo Triple CSS Text Effect by creatz
Author: creatz
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97. DECONSTRUCTED by Ben Szabo
Author: Ben Szabo
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
98. CSS Arcade Typography Snow Bros 1990 by Lynn Fisher
Author: Lynn Fisher
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99. Text Effect Using Background Clip And Clip Path by Shireen Taj
Author: Shireen Taj
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
100. 3D Paper Text by G’Mariem
Author: G’Mariem
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
101. Only CSS: Text Slicer Gradient by Yusuke Nakaya
Author: Yusuke Nakaya
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
102. Underline Text Effect by Dumitrascu-Ungar Kevin
Author: Dumitrascu-Ungar Kevin
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
103. Text Glitch Effect by marinda
Author: marinda
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
104. Moving Cloud Text | HTML + CSS by Cameron Fitzwilliam
Author: Cameron Fitzwilliam
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
105. 3D Letters – Sugar Sweet by Håvard Brynjulfsen
Author: Håvard Brynjulfsen
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
106. Onion Skinning Text Morphing by John Healey
Author: John Healey
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
107. Multi Line Text Fat Underline Hover by Mark
Author: Mark
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
108. font-palette by Ollie Williams
Author: Ollie Williams
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109. Effect by Bhupinder Daroch
Author: Bhupinder Daroch
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
110. Second Shadow Text Effect by Code School
Author: Code School
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111. Outline Text Effect by Jamie Hammond
Author: Jamie Hammond
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
112. Western Electric Big Button Phone by Alex
Author: Alex
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
113. GSAP Text Reveal Animation by Artur Sedlukha
Author: Artur Sedlukha
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
114. Animated Underline Effect On Several Lines by cecile
Author: cecile
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
115. CSS-Only Text Shader by Robb Owen
Author: Robb Owen
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
116. A. by Dan Wilson
Author: Dan Wilson
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117. Vertically Rotating Text Css [FORK] W/ Browser Prefixes by Jacob Stone Design
Author: Jacob Stone Design
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
118. anim.Closing-Outline :hover SVG effect by r-i-c-h
Author: r-i-c-h
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119. Neon Light Text by Sarah Fossheim
Author: Sarah Fossheim
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
120. SVG Text Animation by Cassie Evans
Author: Cassie Evans
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
121. Happy Text by Bennett Feely
Author: Bennett Feely
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
122. Reflections with CSS by Preethi Sam
Author: Preethi Sam
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
123. Efek Typography Text Neon Part 1 by Prima Utama Apriansyah
Author: Prima Utama Apriansyah
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
124. Text Effect by Cristina Niculescu
Author: Cristina Niculescu
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
125. Rainbow Spotlight by Shireen Taj
Author: Shireen Taj
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
126. Megaman READY! by Christopher Wallis
Author: Christopher Wallis
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
127. Silent Movie Text Effect by Dimitra Vasilopoulou
Author: Dimitra Vasilopoulou
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
128. Text Shadow by Richard Stanley
Author: Richard Stanley
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
129. Spring Text Hover Effect by Nathan Taylor
Author: Nathan Taylor
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
130. Blip Text by Nick Watton
Author: Nick Watton
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
131. CSS Stretchy Heading by S. Shahriar
Author: S. Shahriar
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132. Cool Spotlight Shadows by Ryan Mulligan
Author: Ryan Mulligan
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133. Stay Positive by Adam Kuhn
Author: Adam Kuhn
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
134. Squiggly Text by Lucas Bebber
Author: Lucas Bebber
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Made with: HTML CSS JS
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