Install
That writescompositions/hw-path-text.html, plus 1 supporting file under assets/fonts/.
Add it to your video
It runs for 6 seconds at 1920×1080. Paste this into your composition:index.html
<div
data-composition-id="hw-path-text"
data-composition-src="compositions/hw-path-text.html"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-track-index="1"
data-width="1920"
data-height="1080"
></div>
data-start. Put it on a different timeline row with
data-track-index. See data attributes for the rest.
Source
hw-path-text.html
hw-path-text.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: "Caveat";
src: url("assets/fonts/Caveat-700-latin.woff2") format("woff2");
font-weight: 700;
font-display: block;
}
*,
*::before,
*::after {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
body {
background: transparent;
overflow: hidden;
}
#hw-pt-root {
--hw-font-print: "Caveat", cursive;
--hw-font-script: "Caveat", cursive;
--hw-ink: #f4f2ec;
position: relative;
width: 1920px;
height: 1080px;
overflow: hidden;
background: transparent;
font-family: var(--hw-font-print, "Caveat", cursive);
}
#hw-pt-svg {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
overflow: visible;
}
/* The textPath carrier is geometry only — without fill:none it inherits
SVG's default black fill and renders as a solid blob under the text. */
#hw-pt-path {
fill: none;
}
#hw-pt-guide {
fill: none;
stroke: rgba(244, 242, 236, 0.22);
stroke-width: 3;
stroke-dasharray: 2 14;
stroke-linecap: round;
}
#hw-pt-svg text {
font-family: var(--hw-font-print, "Caveat", cursive);
font-weight: 700;
fill: var(--hw-ink);
}
#hw-pt-svg tspan {
opacity: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div
id="hw-pt-root"
data-composition-id="hw-path-text"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-width="1920"
data-height="1080"
>
<svg id="hw-pt-svg" viewBox="0 0 1920 1080">
<path id="hw-pt-path" d=""></path>
<path id="hw-pt-guide" d=""></path>
<text id="hw-pt-text" font-size="92">
<textPath id="hw-pt-tp" href="#hw-pt-path" startOffset="4%"></textPath>
</text>
</svg>
<div
id="hw-pt-drv"
class="clip"
data-start="0"
data-duration="6"
data-track-index="0"
style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none"
></div>
</div>
<script>
(function () {
window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
/* ---- published parameters ----
Handwriting along any path — custom path text, natively via
SVG textPath (no Fusion overlay). CONFIG.d is the whole design. */
var CONFIG = {
text: "come on this wild journey with me...",
d: "M 220 700 C 520 480, 900 820, 1230 560 S 1700 380, 1780 420",
fontSize: 92,
showGuide: true, // faint dotted guide under the writing
typeCharDelay: 0.05,
seed: 12,
boil: { enabled: true, amp: 1.4, rot: 0.3, frameDrop: 3 },
animationOut: true,
};
var DUR = 6;
function clamp(v, lo, hi) {
return Math.min(hi, Math.max(lo, v));
}
var OUT = clamp(DUR * 0.06, 0.25, 0.6);
/* hw family runtime */
window.hwOnUpdate = function (tl, fn) {
if (!tl.__hwRenders) {
tl.__hwRenders = [];
tl.eventCallback("onUpdate", function () {
for (var i = 0; i < tl.__hwRenders.length; i++) tl.__hwRenders[i]();
});
}
tl.__hwRenders.push(fn);
fn();
};
window.hwHash = function (n, seed) {
var x = Math.sin(n * 127.1 + (seed || 1) * 311.7) * 43758.5453;
return (x - Math.floor(x)) * 2 - 1;
};
window.hwBoil = function (tl, target, opts) {
opts = opts || {};
var amp = opts.amp !== undefined ? opts.amp : 1.6;
var rot = opts.rot !== undefined ? opts.rot : 0.5;
var fps = opts.fps || 30;
var drop = opts.frameDrop || 3;
var seed = opts.seed || 1;
var els = gsap.utils.toArray(target);
window.hwOnUpdate(tl, function () {
var step = Math.floor((tl.time() * fps) / drop);
for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
gsap.set(els[i], {
x: window.hwHash(step * 3 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
y: window.hwHash(step * 3 + 1 + i * 97, seed) * amp,
rotation: (opts.baseRot || 0) + window.hwHash(step * 3 + 2 + i * 97, seed) * rot,
});
}
});
};
document.getElementById("hw-pt-path").setAttribute("d", CONFIG.d);
if (CONFIG.showGuide) document.getElementById("hw-pt-guide").setAttribute("d", CONFIG.d);
document.getElementById("hw-pt-text").setAttribute("font-size", CONFIG.fontSize);
/* per-char tspans along the path */
var NS = "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";
var tp = document.getElementById("hw-pt-tp");
Array.from(CONFIG.text).forEach(function (ch) {
var t = document.createElementNS(NS, "tspan");
t.textContent = ch;
tp.appendChild(t);
});
var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });
/* guide draws first, then the handwriting types along it */
var guide = document.getElementById("hw-pt-guide");
if (CONFIG.showGuide) {
var glen = guide.getTotalLength();
gsap.set(guide, { strokeDasharray: "2 14", strokeDashoffset: glen });
tl.to(guide, { strokeDashoffset: 0, duration: 0.9, ease: "power2.inOut" }, 0.2);
}
var chars = tp.querySelectorAll("tspan");
var delay = Math.min(CONFIG.typeCharDelay, 2.6 / Math.max(1, chars.length));
tl.to(chars, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.03, stagger: delay, ease: "none" }, 0.7);
if (CONFIG.boil.enabled) {
window.hwBoil(tl, "#hw-pt-svg", {
amp: CONFIG.boil.amp,
rot: CONFIG.boil.rot,
frameDrop: CONFIG.boil.frameDrop,
seed: CONFIG.seed,
});
}
if (CONFIG.animationOut) {
tl.to("#hw-pt-svg", { opacity: 0, duration: OUT, ease: "power2.in" }, DUR - OUT - 0.05);
}
tl.set("#hw-pt-root", { visibility: "hidden" }, DUR - 0.02);
window.__timelines["hw-path-text"] = tl;
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
handwritten typography path overlay.