94 CSS Text Animations

January 2, 2026 2 min read by Vladimir

This CSS Text Animations collection is your arsenal for creating dynamic headings without unnecessary JavaScript. Demos showcase how to use modern @keyframes, text-shadow, and clip-path properties to achieve typing, glitch, and neon glow effects, all while ensuring high performance and excellent cross-browser compatibility. You’ll find ready-to-use, optimized solutions that are easy to integrate into any project.

Kinetic typography animation where words physically jump and flip across the screen.

Let's Jump to Conclusions

A playful kinetic typography animation where words sequentially crouch, leap with a flip, and land softly, simulating the physical action of “jumping to conclusions.”

See the Pen Let's Jump to Conclusions.

Text Shimmer Lines Effect

A text shimmer effect, where all parameters - from gradient angle to animation speed - are configured in real-time via Tweakpane. The smooth theme change is implemented using the latest View Transitions API, and the effect itself is built on background-clip: text and CSS variables.

See the Pen Text Shimmer Lines Effect.

3D Text Spiral Animation with CSS

An elegant 3D scene where rotating text forms a spiral. The effect utilizes the perspective property for depth and HSL functions for procedurally generating the multi-layered color scheme.

See the Pen 3D Text Spiral Animation with CSS.

Infinite CSS Loop Text Animation

A complex 3D text animation demonstrating advanced use of CSS Grid and Flexbox along with container-type: size for responsiveness. The text rotation and “neon glow” effect (Text Shadow) are dynamically controlled via var(–glow) and hsl().

See the Pen Infinite CSS Loop Text Animation.