Cassidy Williams • 7/29/2025

Making a faded text effect in (mostly) CSS

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This technical article explains how to create a dynamic, per-letter faded text effect. It explores pure CSS solutions like using :nth-child() and background-clip with gradients, but ultimately details a hybrid approach using JavaScript to wrap each character in a span and CSS variables with calc() to control opacity and blur based on character index.

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