Knockout text with animated background

index.html

<div class="wrap">
  <div class="clip-text clip-text_one">in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.</div>
</div>

Knockout text with animated background.markdown

Knockout text with animated background

Toying with ideas from CSS-Tricks - https://css-tricks.com/how-to-do-knockout-text/ Only works in webkit and recent IE. Firefox would need workaround.

A Pen by Kev Durber on CodePen.

License.

script.js

var tl = new TimelineMax({repeat:-1, yoyo:true});

tl.to(".clip-text", 4, { css:{"background-position": "800px"} , ease:Quad.easeInOut });

scripts

<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.16.1/TweenMax.min.js"></script>

style.css

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald:400,700);

body {
    font-family: 'Oswald', sans-serif;
    color: #000;
    background-color: #fff;
}
.wrap {
  max-width: 50%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* Clip text element */
.clip-text {
    font-size: 6em;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 1;
    position: relative;
    display: inline-block;
    margin: .25em;
    padding: .5em .75em;
    text-align: center;
    /* Color fallback */
    color: #000;
      
    -webkit-background-clip: text;
    -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
    background-clip: text;
    text-fill-color: transparent;
}

.clip-text:before,
.clip-text:after {
    position: absolute;
    content: '';
}

/* Background */
.clip-text:before {
    z-index: -2;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    background-image: inherit;
}

/* Text outer background */
.clip-text:after {
    position: absolute;
    z-index: -1;
    top: 0em;
    right: 0em;
    bottom: 0em;
    left: 0em;
    background-color: #fff;
}

.clip-text_one {
    background-image: url(http://i.imgur.com/pJewmf8.jpg);
}