Blotter.js
A JavaScript API for drawing unconventional text effects on the web.
Blotter.js launched on February 13, 2018 with 16 votes, #877 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.
In plain words
Blotter.js is a JavaScript API that enables developers to create unconventional text effects on web pages beyond standard CSS capabilities. It requires Three.js and Underscore.js as dependencies. The tool is designed for web designers and developers who want to apply custom, playful text animations and effects that go beyond traditional styling options, allowing for more creative and dynamic typography on websites.
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From the sources
A JavaScript API for drawing unconventional text effects on the web. Blotter.js requires Three.js and Underscore.js. If you're already including these files in your project, view the information on custom builds to get the file size significantly smaller. When applying effects to text on the web, designers have traditionally been constrained to those provided by CSS . In the majority of cases this is entirely suitable – text is text right? Yet still, there exist numerous examples of designers combining CSS properties or gifs and images to create effects that evoke something more playful. Precisely here, Blotter exists to provide an alternative. Blotter provides a simple interface for…from blotter.js.org
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