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---
title: "Top-Down Letters"
description: "Letters descend from above in a pronounced staircase with zero blur."
---
import { InstallCommand } from "/snippets/install-command.jsx";
<iframe
className="w-full aspect-video rounded-xl border-0 bg-zinc-100 dark:bg-zinc-800"
title="top-down-letters preview"
loading="lazy"
srcDoc={`<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><style>html,body{margin:0;height:100%;overflow:hidden;background:transparent}hyperframes-player{display:block;width:100%;height:100%}</style><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@hyperframes/player@0.7/dist/hyperframes-player.global.js"><\/script></head><body><script>fetch("/public/catalog/components/top-down-letters.json").then(function(r){return r.json()}).then(function(d){var p=document.createElement("hyperframes-player");p.setAttribute("srcdoc",d.html);p.setAttribute("controls","");p.setAttribute("autoplay","");p.setAttribute("loop","");p.setAttribute("muted","");p.setAttribute("poster","https://static.heygen.ai/hyperframes-oss/docs/images/catalog/components/top-down-letters.png");document.body.appendChild(p)});<\/script></body></html>`}
/>
## Install
<InstallCommand command="npx hyperframes add top-down-letters" />
That writes one file: `compositions/components/top-down-letters.html`.
## Variables
Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you
want to change on the element:
| Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `text` | `CASCADE` | string | Word that cascades in. Every character becomes one letter span, in source order. |
| `distance` | `standard` | `close`, `standard`, `far` | Multiplies the drop the timeline drives, so the letters cover a shorter or longer run in the same time. |
| `tone` | `ink` | `ink`, `paper`, `accent` | Letter colour: ink for light frames, paper for dark ones, accent rides --brand. |
Set them with `data-variable-values` on the element that mounts it. These are the
defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one:
```html wrap
<div
data-composition-id="top-down-letters"
data-composition-src="compositions/components/top-down-letters.html"
data-variable-values='{"text":"CASCADE","distance":"standard","tone":"ink"}'
></div>
```
## Source
<Accordion title={`top-down-letters.html`}>
```html
<!--
Top-Down Letters - remocn typography primitive for HyperFrames.
Paste the markup, CSS and script into a composition. Drive the timeline
integration from a paused GSAP timeline so renders remain deterministic.
Variables. The script reads each one, falls back to the declared default on
anything missing or unrecognised, and writes the result either into the
markup or into a custom property the CSS above consumes. The timeline recipe
below is untouched by them: it keeps driving one offset per letter, and these
decide which letters fall, how far that offset carries them, and what colour
they are.
- text (string, default CASCADE): the word that cascades. Every character
becomes one span, in source order, exactly like the hand-written markup;
a space becomes a non-breaking space so it keeps its width in the flex
row. Anything that is not a non-empty string keeps the shipped word.
- distance (close | standard | far, default standard): multiplies the drop
the timeline drives, so the letters cover a shorter or longer run in the
same time. close covers half of it, standard leaves the shipped 42px
alone, far carries them nearly double.
- tone (ink | paper | accent, default ink): letter colour. ink is
near-black for light frames, paper near-white for dark ones, accent
rides --brand.
On every default the result is identical to the original: the seven
near-black letters of CASCADE dropping 42px into place.
-->
<div
class="hf-remocn-top-down-letters"
data-composition-variables='[
{ "id": "text", "type": "string", "role": "content", "label": "Text", "description": "Word that cascades in. Every character becomes one letter span, in source order.", "default": "CASCADE" },
{ "id": "distance", "type": "enum", "role": "motion", "label": "Distance", "description": "Multiplies the drop the timeline drives, so the letters cover a shorter or longer run in the same time.", "default": "standard", "options": [{ "value": "close", "label": "Close" }, { "value": "standard", "label": "Standard" }, { "value": "far", "label": "Far" }] },
{ "id": "tone", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Tone", "description": "Letter colour: ink for light frames, paper for dark ones, accent rides --brand.", "default": "ink", "options": [{ "value": "ink", "label": "Ink" }, { "value": "paper", "label": "Paper" }, { "value": "accent", "label": "Accent" }] }
]'
>
<span>C</span><span>A</span><span>S</span><span>C</span><span>A</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
</div>
<style>
.hf-remocn-top-down-letters {
color: var(--hf-letters-color, #18181b);
font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 900;
letter-spacing: -0.04em;
}
.hf-remocn-top-down-letters {
display: inline-flex;
gap: 1px;
font-size: 74px;
line-height: 0.9;
overflow: hidden;
}
.hf-remocn-top-down-letters span {
display: inline-block;
transform: translateY(calc(var(--hf-char-y, 0px) * var(--hf-char-distance, 1)));
will-change: transform, opacity;
}
</style>
<script>
(function () {
"use strict";
var vars =
window.__hyperframes && window.__hyperframes.getVariables
? window.__hyperframes.getVariables()
: {};
// Unrecognised overrides return to their declared defaults.
var distances = { close: 0.5, standard: 1, far: 1.8 };
var tones = {
ink: "#18181b",
paper: "#fafafa",
accent: "var(--brand, #34d399)",
};
function pick(table, value, fallback) {
return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(table, value) ? value : fallback;
}
var distance = distances[pick(distances, vars.distance, "standard")];
var tone = tones[pick(tones, vars.tone, "ink")];
var text = typeof vars.text === "string" && vars.text !== "" ? vars.text : null;
var roots = document.querySelectorAll(".hf-remocn-top-down-letters");
for (var i = 0; i < roots.length; i += 1) {
var root = roots[i];
root.style.setProperty("--hf-char-distance", String(distance));
root.style.setProperty("--hf-letters-color", tone);
// Only rebuild when text was supplied; the shipped markup is already the
// exact span-per-character output this branch produces for CASCADE.
if (text !== null) {
var characters = Array.from(text);
root.textContent = "";
for (var j = 0; j < characters.length; j += 1) {
var span = document.createElement("span");
span.textContent = characters[j] === " " ? "\u00a0" : characters[j];
root.appendChild(span);
}
root.setAttribute("aria-label", text);
}
}
})();
</script>
<!--
Timeline integration:
tl.fromTo('.hf-remocn-top-down-letters span', { opacity: 0, '--hf-char-y': '-42px' }, { opacity: 1, '--hf-char-y': '0px', duration: 0.22, stagger: 0.035, ease: 'power3.out' }, startTime);
-->
```
</Accordion>
## Usage
Open `compositions/components/top-down-letters.html` and paste its contents into your composition. See the comment header in the file for detailed instructions.
{/* hf:generated-footer */}
Tagged `video-primitive` `motion-primitive` `remocn-port` `typography`.
## Related topics
- [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog)
- [Add assets and Catalog items in Studio](/studio/assets-and-blocks)
- [Build a richer composition](/go-further)