# kinetic-typography

Generates expressive kinetic text animations, split-text reveals, and variable font effects in CSS, GSAP, Framer Motion, and Remotion.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 16
- Author: iart-ai
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kinetic-typography

## What it does

The skill generates kinetic typography code for web projects and Remotion video compositions. It implements mask reveals with `overflow: hidden`, soft blurs, and staggered character transitions. Timing relies on the `cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)` easing curve.

Deliverables ship as single HTML files without bundlers. Each file embeds a freeze harness controlled by a `?t=N` parameter. This lets Playwright capture exact frames for visual testing.

Splitting text breaks screen readers. Because of this, the skill requires `aria-label` on the parent container and `aria-hidden="true"` on the split fragments.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --skill kinetic-typography -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/kinetic-typography/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --skill kinetic-typography -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --skill kinetic-typography -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills kinetic-typography
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --skill kinetic-typography -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --path skills/kinetic-typography
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills --skill kinetic-typography -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/iart-ai/kinetic-typography-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/kinetic-typography/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- animate headline reveals by line, word, or character
- morph variable font weight and axes smoothly with CSS
- generate kinetic text animations for Remotion videos
- capture deterministic animation frames using Playwright

## Example prompts
- Animate this headline with a GSAP SplitText mask reveal
- Build a variable font weight transition using font-variation-settings in CSS
- Create a standalone kinetic typography HTML file with the ?t frame freeze harness

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: kinetic-typography
description: This skill should be used when the user asks to "animate a headline", "make a kinetic typography video", "do a split-text reveal", "stagger text by character/word/line", "make a lyric or caption video", "animate a variable font weight", "put text on a path", or "create an animated title card". Covers reveal techniques in CSS, GSAP SplitText, Framer Motion, and Remotion.
version: 0.1.0
---

# Typography in Motion

Animate text expressively: splitting copy into lines/words/characters, staggering reveals, masking, blurring, morphing weight, and running text along a path. Produces runnable code for the web (CSS, GSAP, Framer Motion) and video (Remotion), plus an After Effects expression approach.

## When to use

- Headline / tagline entrances and animated title cards.
- Lyric videos, caption/subtitle reveals, kinetic-typography pieces.
- Variable-font animation (weight, width, slant, optical size).
- Text-on-path, text stroke draw-on, and per-character morph effects.

## Core workflow

### 1. Get static typography right first

Motion cannot rescue bad type. Before animating, lock line-height (1.1-1.2 for display headlines, 1.4-1.6 for body), tracking (tighten display by -1% to -3%, e.g. `letter-spacing: -0.02em`), alignment, and weight. Then split and animate.

### 2. Choose split granularity

- **By line** — calmest, most premium; best for multi-line paragraphs and elegant headlines.
- **By word** — energetic, good for taglines and lyric hits.
- **By character** — most kinetic/playful; risk of feeling busy on long copy. Reserve for short strings.

Tools: `SplitType` or GSAP `SplitText` on the web; `.split('')` / `.split(' ')` plus `interpolate` in Remotion; `motion` staggered children in Framer Motion.

Critical accessibility note: splitting into per-character spans destroys the text for screen readers and breaks copy-paste. Always set `aria-label` on the container with the full string and `aria-hidden="true"` on the split fragments.

### 3. Apply a reveal technique

The four workhorse reveals:

- **Mask / clip reveal (most robust)** — wrap each line in `overflow: hidden`; animate the child from `translateY(100%)` to `0`. The text wipes up from a hidden baseline. No blur artifacts, GPU-cheap, the industry-standard headline reveal.
- **Blur-in** — animate `filter: blur(12px) -> blur(0)` with `opacity 0 -> 1`. Soft, premium, "focus-pull" feel. Costlier to render; keep blur radius modest and prefer short durations.
- **Clip-path wipe** — animate `clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0)` to `inset(0 0 0 0)` for a directional reveal without moving the glyphs.
- **Character stagger** — split to chars, fade/translate each with a 20-40ms offset.

### 4. Apply principle-correct timing

Inline essentials (so this skill stands alone):
- Enter with ease-out: `cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)` (easeOutExpo) feels premium.
- Per-fragment duration 400-600ms.
- Stagger: lines 60-100ms, words 40-70ms, characters 20-40ms apart.
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