30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects
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All 30 in 30 Tailwind CSS Text Hover Effects

  1. 01Tailwind CSS Animated Underline Hover Effect
  2. 02Tailwind Liquid Text Fill Hover Animation
  3. 03Tailwind Gradient Text Hover Effect with bg-clip-text
  4. 04Tailwind Animated Strikethrough Text Hover Effect
  5. 05Tailwind Text Swap and Flip Up Hover Effect
  6. 06Tailwind CSS Glitch Text Hover Effect
  7. 07Tailwind Neon Glow Text with Flicker Animation
  8. 08Tailwind Metallic Gold Shimmer Text Effect
  9. 09Tailwind 3D Text Pop and Lift Hover Effect
  10. 10Tailwind Staggered Letter Wave Hover Animation
  11. 11Tailwind Spotlight Text Reveal on Mouse Hover
  12. 12Tailwind Hover to Reveal Hidden Spoiler Text
  13. 13Tailwind Blur to Focus Text Hover Effect
  14. 14Tailwind Magnetic Hover Effect for Buttons and Text
  15. 15Tailwind Letter Spacing Expand on Hover (Tracking Animation)
  16. 16Tailwind Outline Text Stroke to Fill Hover Effect
  17. 17Tailwind Text Scramble and Matrix Decrypt Hover Effect
  18. 18Tailwind Animated Border Button Hover Effect
  19. 19Tailwind Elastic Rubber Band Text Hover Animation
  20. 20Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation
  21. 21Tailwind Animated Rainbow Gradient Text on Hover
  22. 22Tailwind 3D Perspective Tilt Text Hover Effect
  23. 23Tailwind Smoke Dissolve Text Hover Effect
  24. 24Tailwind Fire Text Effect with Heat Wave Glow
  25. 25Tailwind Dynamic Text Shadow that Follows the Cursor
  26. 26Tailwind Infinite Text Marquee that Speeds Up on Hover
  27. 27Tailwind Duotone Split Color Text Hover Effect
  28. 28Tailwind CSS Tooltip on Hover (No JavaScript)
  29. 29Tailwind SVG Water Ripple Distortion Text Effect
  30. 30Tailwind Clip-Path Text Reveal Hover Animation
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Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation

An issue index where titles glide from font-light to font-extrabold through every intermediate weight — with zero layout shift. A hidden bold twin, after:content-[attr(data-text)] after:h-0 after:invisible after:font-extrabold, reserves the bold width from the first paint.

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<section class="tth-20 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth20-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth20-sans text-tth20-ink [font-synthesis-weight:none]" aria-label="Variable font weight shift demo">
  <div class="flex w-full max-w-[45rem] flex-col gap-[clamp(16px,3vw,24px)]">
    <header class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3.5 border-b-[1.5px] border-tth20-ink pb-3.5">
      <p class="text-[12.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-tth20-mut">Grain &amp; Gradient &mdash; issue index</p>
      <span class="rounded-full border border-tth20-acc/40 px-3 py-1.5 font-tth20-mono text-[11px] text-tth20-acc">wght 300 &rarr; 800, one axis</span>
    </header>
    <nav class="flex flex-col" aria-label="Issues">
      <a id="tth20-top" href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">01</em><span data-text="The Typography Issue" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">The Typography Issue</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">02</em><span data-text="Color, Carefully" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Color, Carefully</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">03</em><span data-text="Grids Against Chaos" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Grids Against Chaos</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">04</em><span data-text="Motion With Manners" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Motion With Manners</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
    </nav>
    <p class="max-w-[60ch] text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth20-mut">Hover a title: every intermediate weight renders &mdash; and the row never shifts, because a hidden bold twin (<code class="rounded bg-tth20-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth20-mono text-[0.9em]">after:content-[attr(data-text)]</code>) reserved the width on day one.</p>
  </div>
</section>
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth20-bg: #f9f6f3;
  --color-tth20-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 60);
  --color-tth20-chip: #ece8e3;
  --color-tth20-chip: oklch(0.92 0.006 55);
  --color-tth20-ink: #221a14;
  --color-tth20-ink: oklch(0.22 0.012 50);
  --color-tth20-mut: #6b6158;
  --color-tth20-mut: oklch(0.5 0.015 55);
  --color-tth20-acc: #bf5427;
  --color-tth20-acc: oklch(0.58 0.16 40);
  --color-tth20-line: #e3ded8;
  --color-tth20-line: oklch(0.89 0.008 55);
  --font-tth20-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth20-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}

Setup — do this once per project

Skip this if your project already runs Tailwind v4.

1Load Tailwind
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4"></script>

Compiles in the browser — perfect for a CodePen or a quick test, not for production.

2Add the stylesheetRequiredthe @theme block is what makes the custom utilities exist
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth20-bg: #f9f6f3;
  --color-tth20-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 60);
  --color-tth20-chip: #ece8e3;
  --color-tth20-chip: oklch(0.92 0.006 55);
  --color-tth20-ink: #221a14;
  --color-tth20-ink: oklch(0.22 0.012 50);
  --color-tth20-mut: #6b6158;
  --color-tth20-mut: oklch(0.5 0.015 55);
  --color-tth20-acc: #bf5427;
  --color-tth20-acc: oklch(0.58 0.16 40);
  --color-tth20-line: #e3ded8;
  --color-tth20-line: oklch(0.89 0.008 55);
  --font-tth20-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth20-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
3Fonts used by this demooptional — skip if you have your own type stack
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Plus+Jakarta+Sans:wght@200..800&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap">

What changed in the port

Which parts became utilities, which stayed CSS, and why.

  • The CSS original loaded its variable font with @import url(…) inside the stylesheet; in Tailwind v4 user @imports are emitted after the layers and dropped, so the font now loads from setup.
  • .label::after{content:attr(data-text);height:0;visibility:hidden;font-weight:800} became seven after: utilities on the label.
  • UI upgrade from the CSS original: a directional arrow fades and slides in on the active row, so the index reads as navigation rather than a list of headings.
  • UI upgrade: muted numerals rose from 0.55 to 0.5 L (5.5:1), and Plus Jakarta Sans gives a wider weight range with crisper light weights.
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Demo: Tailwind Variable Font Weight Hover Animation
Source: https://codefronts.com/motion/tailwind-css-text-hover-effects/tailwind-variable-font-weight-hover-animation/

An issue index where titles glide from font-light to font-extrabold through every intermediate weight — with zero layout shift. A hidden bold twin, after:content-[attr(data-text)] after:h-0 after:invisible after:font-extrabold, reserves the bold width from the first paint.
## HTML
```html
<section class="tth-20 w-full min-h-svh grid place-items-center bg-tth20-bg px-5 py-14 font-tth20-sans text-tth20-ink [font-synthesis-weight:none]" aria-label="Variable font weight shift demo">
  <div class="flex w-full max-w-[45rem] flex-col gap-[clamp(16px,3vw,24px)]">
    <header class="flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-3.5 border-b-[1.5px] border-tth20-ink pb-3.5">
      <p class="text-[12.5px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-tth20-mut">Grain &amp; Gradient &mdash; issue index</p>
      <span class="rounded-full border border-tth20-acc/40 px-3 py-1.5 font-tth20-mono text-[11px] text-tth20-acc">wght 300 &rarr; 800, one axis</span>
    </header>
    <nav class="flex flex-col" aria-label="Issues">
      <a id="tth20-top" href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">01</em><span data-text="The Typography Issue" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">The Typography Issue</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">02</em><span data-text="Color, Carefully" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Color, Carefully</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">03</em><span data-text="Grids Against Chaos" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Grids Against Chaos</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
      <a href="#tth20-top" class="group/item flex items-baseline gap-[clamp(14px,3vw,24px)] rounded border-b border-tth20-line px-1 py-[clamp(12px,2.4vw,18px)] no-underline focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-tth20-acc"><em class="font-tth20-mono text-xs font-bold not-italic text-tth20-mut transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 group-hover/item:font-normal group-hover/item:text-tth20-mut/60 group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-mut/60">04</em><span data-text="Motion With Manners" class="block text-[clamp(24px,4.8vw,40px)] font-light leading-[1.2] tracking-[-0.015em] transition-[font-weight,color] duration-450 after:invisible after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)] group-hover/item:font-extrabold group-hover/item:text-tth20-acc group-focus-visible/item:font-extrabold group-focus-visible/item:text-tth20-acc motion-reduce:transition-none">Motion With Manners</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="ml-auto -translate-x-2 text-xl text-tth20-acc opacity-0 transition-[opacity,translate] duration-300 group-hover/item:translate-x-0 group-hover/item:opacity-100 group-focus-visible/item:opacity-100">&rarr;</span></a>
    </nav>
    <p class="max-w-[60ch] text-[12.5px] leading-[1.7] text-tth20-mut">Hover a title: every intermediate weight renders &mdash; and the row never shifts, because a hidden bold twin (<code class="rounded bg-tth20-chip px-1.5 py-px font-tth20-mono text-[0.9em]">after:content-[attr(data-text)]</code>) reserved the width on day one.</p>
  </div>
</section>
```
## CSS
```css
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-tth20-bg: #f9f6f3;
  --color-tth20-bg: oklch(0.97 0.005 60);
  --color-tth20-chip: #ece8e3;
  --color-tth20-chip: oklch(0.92 0.006 55);
  --color-tth20-ink: #221a14;
  --color-tth20-ink: oklch(0.22 0.012 50);
  --color-tth20-mut: #6b6158;
  --color-tth20-mut: oklch(0.5 0.015 55);
  --color-tth20-acc: #bf5427;
  --color-tth20-acc: oklch(0.58 0.16 40);
  --color-tth20-line: #e3ded8;
  --color-tth20-line: oklch(0.89 0.008 55);
  --font-tth20-sans: 'Plus Jakarta Sans', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-tth20-mono: 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
}

.tth-20 {
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 100svh;
}
```

How this works

Weight is width. Bolder glyphs are wider, so a menu item that bolds on hover pushes its neighbours. The fix is a zero-height, invisible copy of the label rendered at the bold weight underneath it — the box is always as wide as the bold version:

<span data-text="Color, Carefully" class="block font-light
  after:block after:h-0 after:overflow-hidden after:invisible
  after:font-extrabold after:content-[attr(data-text)]
  group-hover/item:font-extrabold">

Real interpolation needs a variable font. With a 200–800 axis, transition-[font-weight] renders every weight in between; with static fonts it snaps.

The numeral does the opposite — it thins and fades — so the eye moves to the title.

Make it yours

  • Subtler: font-normal → font-semibold for dense nav.
  • Add width: fonts with a wdth axis can animate [font-stretch:…] too.
  • Italic slant: a slnt axis via [font-variation-settings:'slnt'_-10].

Gotchas — read before shipping

  • Without data-text matching the label, the reservation is the wrong width.
  • System fonts aren't reliably variable — always load one.
  • font-synthesis-weight:none stops browsers inventing a fake bold if the font fails.

Browser support

ChromeSafariFirefoxEdge
111+16.4+128+111+

Variable fonts and font-weight transitions are universal.

Techniques used in this demo

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