Can I control the slant?

Yes. angle tilts the whole block, rows sets how many lines run, and speed the base drift before scroll velocity adds to it.

How do I install Kinetic Text?

Kinetic 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/kinetic-text. It copies kinetic-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Kinetic Text free for commercial use?

Kinetic 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 Kinetic 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 Kinetic Text?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Kinetic Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Kinetic Text

Rows of repeated text run in alternating directions across a slanted block, and the whole thing speeds up with the scroll velocity of the page.

Category: Text
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Kinetic Text

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`text`	`string`	—
`rows`	`number`	`5`	Marquee rows; odd rows run the other way.
`speed`	`number`	`6`	Base speed in % of a row per second.
`angle`	`number`	`-8`	Slant of the block in degrees.
`gap`	`number`	`0.5`	Space between rows and repeats, in em.
`container`	`RefObject<HTMLElement>`	—	Scroll container whose velocity drives the speed.
`className`	`string`	—

About Kinetic Text

Kinetic Text runs rows of repeated text in alternating directions across a slanted block, and the whole thing speeds up with the page's scroll velocity.

Kinetic 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 Kinetic Text

Brand statements.
Event and festival sites.
Sports and fashion.
Section breaks.

How it works

Rows are CSS marquees whose speed is boosted by scroll velocity from Motion. rows, speed, angle and gap are props.

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 Kinetic 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, rows, speed, angle live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

text (string).
rows (number, default 5): Marquee rows; odd rows run the other way.
speed (number, default 6): Base speed in % of a row per second.
angle (number, default -8): Slant of the block in degrees.
gap (number, default 0.5): Space between rows and repeats, in em.
container (RefObject<HTMLElement>): Scroll container whose velocity drives the speed.

Goes well with Kinetic 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 Kinetic Text

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/kinetic-text

Kinetic 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 kinetic-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

Can I control the slant?: Yes. angle tilts the whole block, rows sets how many lines run, and speed the base drift before scroll velocity adds to it.
How do I install Kinetic Text?: Kinetic 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/kinetic-text. It copies kinetic-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Kinetic Text free for commercial use?: Kinetic 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 Kinetic 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 Kinetic Text?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Kinetic Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Kinetic Text as Markdown · llms.txt