Marquee on a path
Infinite marquee flowing along a curved textPath
Techniques: textPath · SMIL-startOffset · monospace-periodicity · seamless-loop-math
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File : snippets/text-fx/text-marquee-path.html
Desc : Infinite marquee flowing along a curved textPath
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<div class="sg-text-marquee-path" style="--sg-color:#7F77DD; --sg-size:380px;">
<svg viewBox="0 0 400 100" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false">
<defs>
<path id="sg-text-marquee-path-rail" d="M6 62 C 105 18, 295 98, 394 50" />
</defs>
<use href="#sg-text-marquee-path-rail" class="sg-text-marquee-path-guide" />
<text class="sg-text-marquee-path-txt">
<textPath href="#sg-text-marquee-path-rail" startOffset="0%">
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<animate attributeName="startOffset" from="0%" to="-25%" dur="5s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
</div>
<style>
.sg-text-marquee-path {
width: var(--sg-size);
}
.sg-text-marquee-path svg {
display: block;
width: 100%;
}
.sg-text-marquee-path-guide {
fill: none;
stroke: rgba(128, 128, 128, 0.3);
stroke-width: 1;
stroke-dasharray: 3 5;
}
.sg-text-marquee-path-txt {
font-family: ui-monospace, 'SF Mono', SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: 600;
fill: var(--sg-color);
}
</style>