How to make an animated drawing text effect with CSS and the
<animate>
<animate>
tag using only CSS with no javascript.
View a working example on GitHub.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<title>Static Template</title>
<svg width="600" height="250" class="text">
<linearGradient id="geekColor" gradientTransform="rotate(90)">
<stop offset="0%" stop-color="#91bd3a">
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#91bd3a;#12cad6;#91bd3a"
<stop offset="100%" stop-color="#12cad6">
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#12cad6;#91bd3a;#12cad6"
<text class="logo_text" x="0" y="100">
A Painting For The Emperor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<title>Static Template</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<svg width="600" height="250" class="text">
<defs>
<linearGradient id="geekColor" gradientTransform="rotate(90)">
<stop offset="0%" stop-color="#91bd3a">
<animate
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#91bd3a;#12cad6;#91bd3a"
dur="10s"
begin="3s"
repeatCount="indefinite"
></animate>
</stop>
<stop offset="100%" stop-color="#12cad6">
<animate
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#12cad6;#91bd3a;#12cad6"
dur="10s"
begin="3s"
repeatCount="indefinite"
></animate>
</stop>
</linearGradient>
</defs>
<text class="logo_text" x="0" y="100">
A Painting For The Emperor
</text>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<title>Static Template</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<svg width="600" height="250" class="text">
<defs>
<linearGradient id="geekColor" gradientTransform="rotate(90)">
<stop offset="0%" stop-color="#91bd3a">
<animate
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#91bd3a;#12cad6;#91bd3a"
dur="10s"
begin="3s"
repeatCount="indefinite"
></animate>
</stop>
<stop offset="100%" stop-color="#12cad6">
<animate
attributeName="stop-color"
values="#12cad6;#91bd3a;#12cad6"
dur="10s"
begin="3s"
repeatCount="indefinite"
></animate>
</stop>
</linearGradient>
</defs>
<text class="logo_text" x="0" y="100">
A Painting For The Emperor
</text>
</svg>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Credits: Code MIT Licenced | Image Credits: Unsplash