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Measured entry

animata-bottom-up-letters

text-effectspatialmotion on file

A client-side React text effect that lifts characters upward in sequence, then cycles through supplied phrases. It ships as a shadcn registry bundle around Animata's shared TextAnimator, with companion CSS and a demo class helper. It relies on Tailwind utility processing, a project-level cn helper, React hooks, and the browser Web Animations API.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of animata-bottom-up-letters at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-bottom-up-letters at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-bottom-up-letters at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for animata-bottom-up-letters
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal30.6 KB (96.0 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 25.06s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/animata/text/text-animator.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused, configurable effect that built and mounted cleanly in the prepared harness. It is not drop-in for a bare React app and needs a shadcn-style setup, including the expected utility alias and Tailwind pipeline. Best when the shared animator will support more than one text treatment.

Use it if

  • You need a compact animated headline or rotating phrase treatment.
  • Your app already follows shadcn conventions and can reuse the included shared animator.
  • You want control over entry, exit, pacing, hold, gap, and vertical travel through props.

Skip it if

  • Your product requires static text or avoids looping motion in prominent content.
  • You do not want to carry a shared animation runtime and Tailwind-specific stylesheet for one headline effect.
  • Your project cannot supply the expected path alias and cn utility without adapting the source.

Install

Installation record for animata-bottom-up-letters
Declared dependenciesnone declared
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, copy the component, shared TextAnimator, stylesheet, and demo helper; add a compatible cn class-merging utility or replace that import; configure the source alias; and ensure Tailwind processes the referenced stylesheet. Keep it client-side and confirm Web Animations API support for target browsers.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/codse/animata
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-13

Alternatives

Other published entries for the text-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.