Glitch text effect like TikTok

Posted on October 24th, 2019

This is a new loading animation idea created by Darkcode. It is also simple but awesome. To see how it works, just click on the button Run Pen:

How to create a glitch text effect like TikTok

Step 1: Add Html

<div class="text middle" data-text="Glitch Effect">
  Glitch Effect
</div>

Step 2: Add CSS

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: 'montserrat', sans-serif;
  background: #000;
}

.middle {
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}

.text {
  color: #fff;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 60px;
  text-align: center;
  letter-spacing: 14px;
}

.text::before,
.text::after {
  content: attr(data-text);
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  z-index: -1;
}

.text::before {
  color: #ff00c1;
  animation: glitch-effect 3s infinite;
}

.text::after {
  color: #3498db;
  animation: glitch-effect 2s infinite;
}

@keyframes glitch-effect {
  0% {
    left: -2px;
    top: -2px;
  }
  25% {
    left: 2px;
    top: 0px;
  }
  50% {
    left: -1px;
    top: 2px;
  }
  75% {
    left: 1px;
    top: -1px;
  }
  100% {
    left: 0px;
    top: -2px;
  }
}