Figma plugin#14 in Animation

Animate Text

Create stunning animated typography directly within Figma

by Aamir Shaikh

users
62K
likes
1.1K
saves
12K
comments
33
FreeWorks inFigma Design
Price
Free
Latest version
v1 · Jun 19, 2023
First published
Apr 10, 2023
Publisher
Aamir Shaikh
Features

What Animate Text does

Summarised from Aamir Shaikh's description on the Figma Community.

  • Customize properties like direction, duration, delay, stagger, easing, offset,…

  • Animate in, out, or in + out

  • Repeat animations

  • Select text layer(s)

  • Run the plugin, and choose the animation type

  • Customize the properties as per your liking, and click on the 'Animate' button!

  • Easing curves

    easings.net

  • Create your own cubic bezier

    cubic-bezier.com

  • Animating text with emojis and lists might not work

  • When animating text with multiple lines, please ensure that you have added…

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Overview

About Animate Text

Animate Text is a free Figma plugin published by Aamir Shaikh in 2023. It works in Figma Design and has 61,742 users and 1,148 likes on the Figma Community. It ranks #14 in Animation on our lists.

In the developer's words

Animate Text is a Figma plugin for creating highly customizable animated text, right inside Figma.

🚀 What it does: This plugin works on text layers inside Figma. It can animate text by letters, words, lines, or paragraphs, and there are a lot of properties to play with. It also works on multiple text layers at once.

This plugin creates the animations using Figma’s components and variants, which makes the process fast and convenient (no need to leave Figma, and no need to save gifs/videos on the computer).

⚙️ Additional capabilities:

  • Customize properties like direction, duration, delay, stagger, easing, offset, clipping, scale, etc.
  • Animate in, out, or in + out
  • Repeat animations

📝 Instructions: Using this plugin is a breeze! Just follow these simple steps:

  1. Select text layer(s)
  2. Run the plugin, and choose the animation type
  3. Customize the properties as per your liking, and click on the 'Animate' button!

🔗 Additional Links/Resources:

Please note

  • Animating text with emojis and lists might not work
  • When animating text with multiple lines, please ensure that you have added line breaks at the end of each line

🤝 Reach out for support

Changelog

What's new

Version 1 · released Jun 19, 2023

The developer didn't publish release notes for this version.

Trust

Permissions and privacy

Network access

This plugin's manifest doesn't declare its network access, which is common for older plugins. Figma shows a warning on the Community page for plugins like this.

Extra permissions

None beyond the standard access to the file you run it in.

Read from the plugin's published manifest. Questions about data handling go to the developer's support page.

Rankings

Where Animate Text ranks

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FAQ

Animate Text FAQ

What does Animate Text do?

Create stunning animated typography directly within Figma. It's a Figma plugin by Aamir Shaikh that runs in Figma Design.

Is Animate Text free?

Yes. Animate Text is free to install and run from the Figma Community, with no paid tier listed.

How do I install Animate Text?

Open it on the Figma Community, or search for it in the Actions menu (Cmd/Ctrl + K) inside any file you can edit. See how to install Figma plugins.

What are the best alternatives to Animate Text?

By user count, the closest alternatives are LottieFiles, Jitter and Figmotion. Compare all of them on the best Figma plugins for animation.

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