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Typing animation with pure CSS.
/**
* Typing animation with pure CSS.
* Works best in browsers supporting the ch unit.
*/
@keyframes typing { from { width: 0; } }
@keyframes blink-caret { 50% { border-color: transparent; } }
h1 {
font: bold 200% Consolas, Monaco, monospace;
border-right: .1em solid;
width: 16.5em; /* fallback */
width: 30ch; /* # of chars */
margin: 2em 1em;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
animation: typing 20s steps(30, end), /* # of steps = # of chars */
blink-caret .5s step-end infinite alternate;
}
<h1>Typing animation by Lea Verou.</h1>
{"view":"split","fontsize":"100","seethrough":"","prefixfree":"1","page":"css"}
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