--- title: "An animated radial gradient mask over text in CSS" url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-animated-radial-gradient-mask-over-text-in-css-ob8mcbski source_url: https://cassidoo.co/post/radial-mask-text-css type: article source: "Cassidy's blog" author: "Cassidy Williams" published: 2026-06-29T07:04:35.584Z updated: 2026-07-01T09:52:45.670Z tags: ["css"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 79 comments: 11 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # An animated radial gradient mask over text in CSS **[Cassidy's blog](https://daily.dev/sources/cassidoo)** · [@cassidoo](https://daily.dev/cassidoo) · 5 min read · 79 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of creating an animated radial gradient mask effect over text using CSS. Covers the CSS `mask` property with `repeating-radial-gradient`, how to center the gradient origin around a specific letter, using `@property` (CSS Houdini) to make custom properties animatable, and browser compatibility quirks in Firefox and Safari. Includes tips on tweaking stripe thickness and spacing via a CSS custom property. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bestcodes** · 3 upvotes > Love this, I'm gonna use it **@noricode** · 2 upvotes > I dont see the animation 😔 **@3mdistal** · 1 upvotes > Really fun! **@starfallcodes** · 1 upvotes > this could use in my cv **@harshdhiman11** · 1 upvotes > I tried replicating the design and I was able to create the good design ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Animating CSS border-image](https://daily.dev/posts/animating-css-border-image-qbnttdhkn) · CSS-Tricks · 159 upvotes · 3 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/an-animated-radial-gradient-mask-over-text-in-css-ob8mcbski)