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.
“A JavaScript API for unconventional text effects on the web.”
Blotter.js launched on Product Hunt on February 14th, 2018 and earned 222 upvotes and 10 comments, earning #2 Product of the Day. 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.js was featured in Design Tools (259.5k followers), API (98k followers) and Developer Tools (511k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 110.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Blotter.js?
Blotter.js was hunted by Daniel Li. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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