Fuzzy Text
Canvas text whose edges shiver: every frame copies thin horizontal slices with a small random offset, and the jitter grows while the pointer is over it.
- Category: Text
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Fuzzy Text
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
text | string | — | |
intensity | number | 2 | Horizontal jitter per slice at rest, in px. |
hoverIntensity | number | 10 | Jitter while the pointer is over the text. |
color | string | "var(--foreground)" | |
fontSize | number | 96 | |
className | string | — |
About Fuzzy Text
Fuzzy Text draws text on a canvas with shivering edges: every frame copies thin horizontal slices with small random offsets, and the jitter grows under the pointer.
Fuzzy Text is a text animation for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.
When to use Fuzzy Text
- 404 and error pages.
- Glitch and analogue brands.
- Music and art sites.
- Loading screens.
How it works
The glyphs are rendered once offscreen and redrawn in slices with offsets. intensity and hoverIntensity set the jitter.
The real text stays in the page for screen readers and search engines; the animated letters are decorative copies marked aria-hidden. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Fuzzy Text
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change text, intensity, hoverIntensity, color live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- text (string).
- intensity (number, default 2): Horizontal jitter per slice at rest, in px.
- hoverIntensity (number, default 10): Jitter while the pointer is over the text.
- color (string, default "var(--foreground)").
- fontSize (number, default 96).
Goes well with Fuzzy Text
These text pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Scramble Text: React scramble text: characters cycle through glyphs before locking in
- Rotating Text: React rotating text that rolls between words letter by letter and resizes smoothly
- Highlight Text: React highlight text: a marker sweep, hand-drawn underline or scribbled circle on scroll
- Text Morph: React text morph: shared letters glide to new spots while the rest blur in and out
- Split Flap: A React split-flap display: every cell flips through the drum to its letter
Install Fuzzy Text
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/fuzzy-textFuzzy Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies fuzzy-text.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.
You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.
See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup
Frequently asked questions
- Why use canvas for fuzzy text?
- The fuzz comes from redrawing thin slices of the text with random offsets every frame, which is fast on a canvas and not possible with CSS alone.
- How do I install Fuzzy Text?
- Fuzzy Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/fuzzy-text. It copies fuzzy-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Fuzzy Text free for commercial use?
- Fuzzy Text needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
- Does Fuzzy Text work with Next.js?
- Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
- Can an AI coding agent install Fuzzy Text?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Fuzzy Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.