Top Down Letters

Animated React per-character text reveal where letters descend from above in a pronounced staircase, one symbol at a time, with zero blur. The top-down counterpart to Bottom Up Letters, built with Motion.

Open in v0

Last updated: July 6, 2026

Installation

npx smoothui-cli add top-down-letters

Features

  • Per-character top-down staircase reveal with zero blur
  • Pronounced staging at 88ms stagger for deliberate, one-letter-at-a-time rhythm
  • Configurable delay and per-character stagger
  • Optional scroll-trigger via triggerOnView
  • Accessible: respects prefers-reduced-motion

Accessibility

Reduced Motion

Respects the prefers-reduced-motion media query via useReducedMotion from Motion. When reduced motion is preferred, the text renders immediately at full opacity with no movement. The full string is exposed to screen readers via aria-label, with the per-character spans aria-hidden.

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