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shimmer text

A free shader demo — play it in your browser, no install. A soft-blur front sweeps across your text, then settles into crisp type. One file, zero dependencies, 8 kB gzipped.

by @tjcages · tjcages/shimmer-text on GitHubLANG JavaScriptHOSTED ON OFFBR.COUPDATED 5 Aug 2026

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A soft-blur front sweeps across your text, then settles into crisp type. One file, zero dependencies, 8 kB gzipped. The text stays selectable.

React is an optional peer dependency — only the /react entry point pulls it in.

Each has a data-shimmer-* twin for the drop-in path, e.g. data-shimmer-intensity="2". Pair a loud heading with quiet body copy — everything at one intensity reads as a broken page.

highlight it, copy it, ⌘F it. Screen readers and crawlers read it normally.

flattened. Parents need overflow: visible — the blur bleeds past the glyphs.

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