# Elastic Spring Letters: motion graphics style

> An elastic text animation: each letter rides a coil spring, tied to its neighbors by rubber bands. A finger stretches the chain and lets go, so the word whips, overshoots and wobbles back. Tactile physics for apps, games and playful brands.

- Category: [Kinetic Typography](https://aimotions.art/category/kinetic-typography/)
- Also known as: springy text, rubber band letters, elastic text animation, coil spring text, jelly physics type, drag and release text
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Lively · Background: Light bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/elastic-spring-letters/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/elastic-spring-letters/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Animate [TEXT] as letters on springs. Set it big in a rounded geometric display face, deep plum on soft pink. Each letter sits on its own zigzag coil spring rising from a thin rail below, and neighboring letters are linked by hot-pink rubber bands that sag slightly when slack and get thinner as they stretch. A round fingertip cursor comes in, grabs a middle letter, drags it down and swings it up and across, stretching bands and coils and pulling the neighbors along, then lets go: the letter snaps back with overshoot and the whole word wobbles and settles like jelly. Later it grabs the first letter and yanks it away so a wave whips along the chain. Letters lean and squash in their direction of travel. Loop.
```

## Visual DNA

- Letters mounted on zigzag coil springs above a rail
- Rubber bands between letters thin out when stretched and sag when slack
- Grab, drag and release with real spring overshoot and damped wobble
- Letters lean and squash along their direction of travel
- Deep plum letters and hot-pink bands on a soft pink background

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Elastic Spring Letters, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/elastic-spring-letters/