simple typing animation in python using rich

typing_animation.py

from time import sleep
from rich import print
from rich.align import Align
from rich.layout import Layout

text = "Hi there! This text is gonna be animated."
duration = 10
sleeping_duration = duration / len(text)
blinking_duration = 0.5
blinking_times = 3

layout = Layout()
layout.split_column(
    Layout("\n\n", name="upper"),
    Layout(name="middle"),
    Layout("\n\n", name="lower"),
)

layout["upper"].ratio = 1
layout["middle"].ratio = 2
layout["lower"].ratio = 1

for i in range(1, len(text) + 1):
    layout["middle"].update(Align(f"{text[:i-1]}[underline]{text[i-1:i]}[/]|", "center"))
    print(layout)
    sleep(sleeping_duration)

# blinking text
for _ in range(blinking_times):
    layout["middle"].visible = False
    print(layout)
    sleep(blinking_duration)
    layout["middle"].visible = True
    print(layout)
    sleep(blinking_duration)