Pure CSS Typing Animation

This repository contains the code for demonstrating a typing animation using purely CSS. The typing effect is achieved without any JavaScript, relying entirely on CSS animations and keyframes.

See Online Example

View the live example here.

Key Concepts

This project leverages several important CSS concepts to achieve the typing animation effect:

• CSS Animations: Utilizes @keyframes to define the animation sequence from a starting point to an end point.

• Animation Property: Applies the animation to a selector using the animation shorthand property, which combines duration, timing function, and other animation properties.

• Steps() Timing Function: Utilizes the steps() function within the animation definition to create a stepping effect, making the animation appear like typing. This is crucial for simulating the discrete nature of typing.

• ch Unit: Uses the ch CSS unit to scale widths in a way that's relative to the character width of the font. This unit is particularly useful for text-related sizing as it can provide a measure that's more relevant to content width than pixels or ems.

• Monospace Font: The example uses a monospace font to ensure that each character occupies the same amount of space, adding to the realism of the typing animation.

• Overflow and White Space: Combines overflow: hidden with white-space: nowrap to contain the text within a specified width, ensuring that the typing effect works as expected without any text wrapping.