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Gradient ASCII

ASCII art shaded by an animated gradient: each character cell picks a glyph by density and is tinted from the primary to the signal colour; the pointer raises a rippling bloom.

What it is for

Behind a developer-tool, terminal-flavoured or retro hero (first child of a position:relative section; fills its parent).

Use it

1 · site.json
"effects": { "components": ["gradient-ascii"] }
or on the command line
node ~/.claude/skills/sitewright/scripts/scaffold.mjs --config site.json --out ./my-site --components gradient-ascii
2 · import it
import { GradientAscii } from '@/components/fx/ui';

Files

  • components/fx/ui/GradientAscii.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_bg-b-kit.tsx
  • components/fx/ui/_t2.ts
  • ui-gradient-ascii.css styles

Source

Original to Sitewright. MIT licensed.

Credits and licences: third-party notices.

Accessibility

  • Keyboard. Components in the kit are written to be reached and used with the keyboard. Try it: press Tab inside the preview.
  • Reduced motion. With prefers-reduced-motion on, animation settles to its finished state at once.
  • Touch. Pointer-follow effects are skipped on touch screens; controls stay finger-sized.