Measured entry

eldora-gradual-spacing-text

text-effectspatialmotion on file

A client-side React text entrance that fades and slides each character into place with a stagger. It ships as a shadcn registry TypeScript component, uses Motion and clsx, and expects utility classes for typography, spacing, breakpoints, and a font-display token.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of eldora-gradual-spacing-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. This viewport scrolled sideways.
Harness screenshot of eldora-gradual-spacing-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of eldora-gradual-spacing-text 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 eldora-gradual-spacing-text
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowflagged at 375
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor1
Gzip marginal59.9 KB (125.3 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

Good for a tightly controlled display phrase, but not ready as a general heading component. Fix the per-character heading markup and add a responsive wrapping or scaling strategy before using it in production.

Use it if

  • You need a short hero wordmark or campaign phrase to reveal once on entry.
  • Your React app already uses Motion and utility-class styling.
  • You can constrain the copy and test each phrase at narrow widths.

Skip it if

  • The text must wrap cleanly on phones, since the character row can overflow narrow screens.
  • You need correct heading semantics out of the box, since every character is rendered as a separate heading.
  • You want a lightweight effect without adding the Motion runtime.
  • The content changes often or may contain long localized strings.

Install

Installation record for eldora-gradual-spacing-text
Declared dependenciesmotion, react, clsx
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn React project, add Motion and clsx, configure the utility classes or replace them with local CSS, define the font-display token, and keep the component behind a client-rendering boundary where required.

Source and credit

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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.