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Glitch Text Effect with CSS
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- Based on http://codepen.io/lbebber/pen/ypgql -->
<link href="http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/3.0.2/normalize.css" rel='stylesheet'/>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prefixfree/1.0.7/prefixfree.min.js"></script>
<style>
/* Just colors and font sizes */
* {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
body {
background-color: black;
}
.glitch {
color: white;
font-size: 100px;
margin: 0 auto;
width: 400px;
}
/* Real glitch effect */
.glitch {
position: relative;
}
.glitch:after {
animation: glitch-animation 2s infinite linear alternate-reverse;
background: black;
clip: rect( 0, 900px, 0, 0 );
color: white;
content: attr( data-text );
left: 2px;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
text-shadow: -1px 0 red;
top: 0;
}
.glitch:before {
animation: glitch-animation-2 3s infinite linear alternate-reverse;
background: black;
clip: rect( 0, 900px, 0, 0 );
color: white;
content: attr( data-text );
left: -2px;
overflow: hidden;
position: absolute;
text-shadow: 1px 0 blue;
top: 0;
}
/* Expanded Animations */
@keyframes glitch-animation {
0% {
clip: rect(42px, 9999px, 44px, 0);
}
5% {
clip: rect(12px, 9999px, 59px, 0);
}
10% {
clip: rect(48px, 9999px, 29px, 0);
}
15.0% {
clip: rect(42px, 9999px, 73px, 0);
}
20% {
clip: rect(63px, 9999px, 27px, 0);
}
25% {
clip: rect(34px, 9999px, 55px, 0);
}
30.0% {
clip: rect(86px, 9999px, 73px, 0);
}
35% {
clip: rect(20px, 9999px, 20px, 0);
}
40% {
clip: rect(26px, 9999px, 60px, 0);
}
45% {
clip: rect(25px, 9999px, 66px, 0);
}
50% {
clip: rect(57px, 9999px, 98px, 0);
}
55.0% {
clip: rect(5px, 9999px, 46px, 0);
}
60.0% {
clip: rect(82px, 9999px, 31px, 0);
}
65% {
clip: rect(54px, 9999px, 27px, 0);
}
70% {
clip: rect(28px, 9999px, 99px, 0);
}
75% {
clip: rect(45px, 9999px, 69px, 0);
}
80% {
clip: rect(23px, 9999px, 85px, 0);
}
85.0% {
clip: rect(54px, 9999px, 84px, 0);
}
90% {
clip: rect(45px, 9999px, 47px, 0);
}
95% {
clip: rect(37px, 9999px, 20px, 0);
}
100% {
clip: rect(4px, 9999px, 91px, 0);
}
}
@keyframes glitch-animation-2 {
0% {
clip: rect(65px, 9999px, 100px, 0);
}
5% {
clip: rect(52px, 9999px, 74px, 0);
}
10% {
clip: rect(79px, 9999px, 85px, 0);
}
15.0% {
clip: rect(75px, 9999px, 5px, 0);
}
20% {
clip: rect(67px, 9999px, 61px, 0);
}
25% {
clip: rect(14px, 9999px, 79px, 0);
}
30.0% {
clip: rect(1px, 9999px, 66px, 0);
}
35% {
clip: rect(86px, 9999px, 30px, 0);
}
40% {
clip: rect(23px, 9999px, 98px, 0);
}
45% {
clip: rect(85px, 9999px, 72px, 0);
}
50% {
clip: rect(71px, 9999px, 75px, 0);
}
55.0% {
clip: rect(2px, 9999px, 48px, 0);
}
60.0% {
clip: rect(30px, 9999px, 16px, 0);
}
65% {
clip: rect(59px, 9999px, 50px, 0);
}
70% {
clip: rect(41px, 9999px, 62px, 0);
}
75% {
clip: rect(2px, 9999px, 82px, 0);
}
80% {
clip: rect(47px, 9999px, 73px, 0);
}
85.0% {
clip: rect(3px, 9999px, 27px, 0);
}
90% {
clip: rect(26px, 9999px, 55px, 0);
}
95% {
clip: rect(42px, 9999px, 97px, 0);
}
100% {
clip: rect(38px, 9999px, 49px, 0);
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="glitch" data-text="GLITCH">GLITCH</div>
</body>
</html>
@alejandro-ser
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Great effect, thanks!

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