react-creative-text

v1.2.14

Published

3 months ago

A powerful React component for creating beautiful, customizable text with SVG. Support for Google Fonts, strokes, shadows, 1000+ fonts families and more.

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React Creative Text

📖 Documentation • 🎮 Live Demo • 🚀 Getting Started

✨ Features

🎨 Rich Customization - Full control over colors, strokes, shadows, gradients, and typography
🔤 Google Fonts Integration - Seamlessly load and use any Google Font family with automatic fallback
🌈 Gradient Support - Beautiful linear gradients with horizontal, vertical, and diagonal directions
🎬 Built-in Animations - Fade, slide, bounce, and glow effects with smooth transitions
💫 Advanced Effects - Drop shadows, text strokes, opacity control, rotation, and skew transforms
⚡ TypeScript Ready - Built with TypeScript for excellent developer experience and type safety
📱 Responsive Design - SVG-based rendering that scales perfectly across all devices
🎯 Zero Dependencies - Lightweight with no external dependencies beyond React
🔧 Easy to Use - Simple API with sensible defaults but powerful customization options
🎪 Creative Effects - Professional-grade text styling for modern web applications
⚡ Performance Optimized - Efficient font loading with caching and error handling
🎨 CSS Integration - Works seamlessly with your existing CSS and Tailwind classes

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# npm
npm install react-creative-text

# yarn
yarn add react-creative-text

# pnpm
pnpm add react-creative-text

Basic Usage

import CreativeText from 'react-creative-text';

function App() {
  return (
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Pacifico"
      fontSize="72px"
      color="white"
      strokeColor="black"
      strokeWidth={8}
      shadow={true}
    >
      Hello World!
    </CreativeText>
  );
}

🎨 Comprehensive Examples

Basic Text Styling

// Simple colored text
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Roboto"
  fontSize="48px"
  color="#3b82f6"
>
  Simple Blue Text
</CreativeText>

// Text with stroke outline
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Arial"
  fontSize="60px"
  color="transparent"
  strokeColor="#dc2626"
  strokeWidth={3}
>
  Outlined Text
</CreativeText>

Gradient Effects

// Horizontal gradient
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Montserrat"
  fontSize="80px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff6b6b', '#4ecdc4'],
    direction: 'horizontal'
  }}
  strokeColor="#2c3e50"
  strokeWidth={2}
>
  Gradient Text
</CreativeText>

// Rainbow diagonal gradient
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="70px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff0000', '#ff7f00', '#ffff00', '#00ff00', '#0000ff', '#4b0082', '#9400d3'],
    direction: 'diagonal'
  }}
  shadow={true}
>
  Rainbow Text
</CreativeText>

// Vertical sunset gradient
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Righteous"
  fontSize="85px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff9a9e', '#fecfef', '#fecfef'],
    direction: 'vertical'
  }}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 4,
    offsetY: 4,
    blur: 8,
    color: 'rgba(255,154,158,0.3)'
  }}
>
  Sunset Vibes
</CreativeText>

Animation Styles

// Fade in animation
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Pacifico"
  fontSize="65px"
  color="#10b981"
  animation="fade"
>
  Fade In Text
</CreativeText>

// Sliding text
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bungee"
  fontSize="75px"
  color="#8b5cf6"
  animation="slide"
  shadow={true}
>
  Sliding Text
</CreativeText>

// Bouncing effect
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="60px"
  color="#f59e0b"
  animation="bounce"
  strokeColor="#92400e"
  strokeWidth={4}
>
  Bouncy Text
</CreativeText>

// Glowing animation
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Orbitron"
  fontSize="70px"
  color="#06d6a0"
  animation="glow"
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 0,
    offsetY: 0,
    blur: 20,
    color: '#06d6a0',
    opacity: 0.6
  }}
>
  Glowing Text
</CreativeText>

Transform Effects

// Rotated text
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bangers"
  fontSize="80px"
  color="#ef4444"
  strokeColor="#7f1d1d"
  strokeWidth={5}
  rotation={-15}
  shadow={true}
>
  Tilted Text
</CreativeText>

// Skewed text
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Righteous"
  fontSize="75px"
  color="#3b82f6"
  skew={{ x: -10, y: 0 }}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 6,
    offsetY: 6,
    blur: 3,
    color: 'rgba(59,130,246,0.3)'
  }}
>
  Skewed Style
</CreativeText>

// Combined transforms
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="65px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff6b35', '#f7931e'],
    direction: 'diagonal'
  }}
  rotation={5}
  skew={{ x: -5, y: 0 }}
  opacity={0.9}
  shadow={true}
>
  Dynamic Text
</CreativeText>

Advanced Shadow Effects

// Custom shadow
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bangers"
  fontSize="90px"
  color="#ffffff"
  strokeColor="#1f2937"
  strokeWidth={6}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 8,
    offsetY: 8,
    blur: 0,
    color: '#ef4444',
    opacity: 1
  }}
>
  Comic Style
</CreativeText>

// Multiple shadow effect (using CSS)
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bungee"
  fontSize="70px"
  color="#fbbf24"
  className="multiple-shadow"
  strokeColor="#92400e"
  strokeWidth={3}
>
  Layered Shadow
</CreativeText>

.multiple-shadow text {
  filter: 
    drop-shadow(3px 3px 0px #dc2626)
    drop-shadow(6px 6px 0px #7c2d12)
    drop-shadow(9px 9px 0px #451a03);
}

Typography Variations

// Uppercase with letter spacing
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Oswald"
  fontSize="55px"
  color="#1f2937"
  letterSpacing="0.2em"
  textTransform="uppercase"
  strokeColor="#9ca3af"
  strokeWidth={1}
>
  Spaced Letters
</CreativeText>

// Lowercase script
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Dancing Script"
  fontSize="80px"
  color="#7c3aed"
  textTransform="lowercase"
  lineHeight={0.8}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 3,
    offsetY: 3,
    blur: 6,
    color: 'rgba(124,58,237,0.2)'
  }}
>
  Script Style
</CreativeText>

// Capitalized with custom spacing
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Raleway"
  fontSize="48px"
  color="#059669"
  textTransform="capitalize"
  letterSpacing="0.1em"
  lineHeight={1.4}
>
  Professional Title
</CreativeText>

Themed Examples

// Neon cyberpunk
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Orbitron"
  fontSize="75px"
  color="#00ff88"
  strokeColor="#004d2a"
  strokeWidth={2}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 0,
    offsetY: 0,
    blur: 15,
    color: '#00ff88',
    opacity: 0.8
  }}
  textTransform="uppercase"
  letterSpacing="0.15em"
>
  CYBERPUNK
</CreativeText>

// Vintage retro
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="85px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff6b35', '#f7931e', '#ffcc02'],
    direction: 'diagonal'
  }}
  strokeColor="#8b4513"
  strokeWidth={6}
  rotation={-3}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 8,
    offsetY: 8,
    blur: 0,
    color: '#8b4513',
    opacity: 0.7
  }}
>
  RETRO
</CreativeText>

// Ocean wave theme
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Pacifico"
  fontSize="70px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#4fc3f7', '#29b6f6', '#0288d1'],
    direction: 'vertical'
  }}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 4,
    offsetY: 4,
    blur: 8,
    color: 'rgba(2,136,209,0.4)'
  }}
  animation="glow"
>
  Ocean Wave
</CreativeText>

// Fire effect
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bungee"
  fontSize="80px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#ff5722', '#ff9800', '#ffc107'],
    direction: 'vertical'
  }}
  strokeColor="#b71c1c"
  strokeWidth={4}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 0,
    offsetY: 0,
    blur: 20,
    color: '#ff5722',
    opacity: 0.6
  }}
  textTransform="uppercase"
>
  FIRE
</CreativeText>

// Ice crystal
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Righteous"
  fontSize="75px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#e3f2fd', '#bbdefb', '#90caf9'],
    direction: 'diagonal'
  }}
  strokeColor="#0d47a1"
  strokeWidth={3}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 2,
    offsetY: 2,
    blur: 12,
    color: 'rgba(13,71,161,0.3)'
  }}
  letterSpacing="0.1em"
>
  ICE CRYSTAL
</CreativeText>

Responsive Design

// Responsive font sizing
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Montserrat"
  fontSize="clamp(2rem, 8vw, 6rem)"
  color="#6366f1"
  strokeColor="#312e81"
  strokeWidth={2}
  responsive={true}
  maxWidth="90%"
>
  Responsive Text
</CreativeText>

// Container-based responsive
<div className="container mx-auto px-4">
  <CreativeText
    fontFamily="Poppins"
    fontSize="4rem"
    gradient={{
      colors: ['#a855f7', '#ec4899'],
      direction: 'horizontal'
    }}
    responsive={true}
    maxWidth="100%"
    className="md:text-6xl lg:text-8xl"
  >
    Fluid Design
  </CreativeText>
</div>

Interactive Examples

// Hover effects with CSS
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="65px"
  color="#10b981"
  strokeColor="#065f46"
  strokeWidth={4}
  className="hover-effect"
  shadow={true}
>
  Hover Me!
</CreativeText>

.hover-effect {
  transition: all 0.3s ease;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.hover-effect:hover {
  transform: scale(1.1) rotate(-2deg);
}

.hover-effect:hover text {
  fill: #34d399;
  stroke: #047857;
}

📋 Complete API Reference

Props

| Prop | Type | Default | Description | |------|------|---------|-------------| | children | string | Required | The text content to display | | fontFamily | GoogleFontFamily (string) | "Arial" | Google Font family name or web-safe font | | fontSize | number \| string | "24px" | Font size in CSS units or pixels | | color | string | "white" | Fill color of the text (CSS color value) | | strokeColor | string | "black" | Color of the text outline/stroke | | strokeWidth | number | 2 | Width of the text stroke in pixels | | shadow | boolean \| ShadowConfig | true | Drop shadow configuration | | gradient | GradientConfig | undefined | Gradient fill configuration | | animation | AnimationType | "none" | Built-in animation type | | responsive | boolean | true | Enable responsive behavior | | maxWidth | number \| string | undefined | Maximum width constraint | | className | string | "" | Additional CSS classes | | style | React.CSSProperties | {} | Inline styles for the container | | onFontLoad | () => void | undefined | Callback when font loads successfully | | onFontError | (error: unknown) => void | undefined | Callback when font fails to load | | fallbackFont | string | "Arial, sans-serif" | Fallback font stack | | letterSpacing | number \| string | "normal" | Space between characters | | lineHeight | number \| string | 1.2 | Line height for text | | textTransform | TextTransformType | "none" | Text transformation | | opacity | number | 1 | Opacity value (0-1) | | rotation | number | 0 | Rotation angle in degrees | | skew | { x?: number; y?: number } | { x: 0, y: 0 } | Skew transformation |

TypeScript Interfaces

export type GoogleFontFamily = string;
export type DirectionType = 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 'diagonal';
export type AnimationType = 'none' | 'fade' | 'slide' | 'bounce' | 'glow';
export type TextTransformType = 'none' | 'uppercase' | 'lowercase' | 'capitalize';

interface ShadowConfig {
  offsetX?: number;
  offsetY?: number;
  blur?: number;
  color?: string;
  opacity?: number;
}

interface GradientConfig {
  colors: string[];
  direction?: DirectionType;
}

interface CreativeTextProps {
  children: string;
  fontFamily?: GoogleFontFamily;
  fontSize?: number | string;
  color?: string;
  strokeColor?: string;
  strokeWidth?: number;
  shadow?: boolean | ShadowConfig;
  gradient?: GradientConfig;
  animation?: AnimationType;
  responsive?: boolean;
  maxWidth?: number | string;
  className?: string;
  style?: React.CSSProperties;
  onFontLoad?: () => void;
  onFontError?: (error: unknown) => void;
  fallbackFont?: string;
  letterSpacing?: number | string;
  lineHeight?: number | string;
  textTransform?: TextTransformType;
  opacity?: number;
  rotation?: number;
  skew?: { x?: number; y?: number };
}

🎨 Font Integration

Google Fonts Support

The component automatically loads Google Fonts with intelligent caching:

// Popular Google Fonts that work great
const popularFonts = [
  'Pacifico',      // Script/handwriting
  'Righteous',     // Display/impact
  'Fredoka One',   // Fun/playful
  'Bungee',        // Bold/geometric
  'Bangers',       // Comic/energetic
  'Orbitron',      // Futuristic/tech
  'Dancing Script', // Elegant script
  'Oswald',        // Clean sans-serif
  'Montserrat',    // Modern sans-serif
  'Playfair Display', // Elegant serif
];

Font Loading with Callbacks

const [fontStatus, setFontStatus] = useState('loading');

<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Pacifico"
  fontSize="60px"
  color="#4f46e5"
  onFontLoad={() => {
    setFontStatus('loaded');
    console.log('Font loaded successfully!');
  }}
  onFontError={(error) => {
    setFontStatus('error');
    console.error('Font loading failed:', error);
  }}
  fallbackFont="cursive"
>
  {fontStatus === 'loading' ? 'Loading...' : 'Beautiful Text'}
</CreativeText>

Dynamic Font Switching

const FontSelector = () => {
  const [selectedFont, setSelectedFont] = useState('Pacifico');
  
  const fonts = [
    'Pacifico', 'Righteous', 'Fredoka One', 'Bungee',
    'Bangers', 'Orbitron', 'Dancing Script', 'Oswald'
  ];

  return (
    <div>
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily={selectedFont}
        fontSize="70px"
        gradient={{
          colors: ['#667eea', '#764ba2'],
          direction: 'horizontal'
        }}
        shadow={true}
        key={selectedFont} // Force re-render on font change
      >
        Dynamic Font
      </CreativeText>
      
      <select 
        value={selectedFont} 
        onChange={(e) => setSelectedFont(e.target.value)}
      >
        {fonts.map(font => (
          <option key={font} value={font}>{font}</option>
        ))}
      </select>
    </div>
  );
};

🎬 Animation System

Built-in Animations

// Fade animation
<CreativeText animation="fade" {...props}>Fade In</CreativeText>

// Slide animation
<CreativeText animation="slide" {...props}>Slide In</CreativeText>

// Bounce animation
<CreativeText animation="bounce" {...props}>Bouncy</CreativeText>

// Glow animation
<CreativeText animation="glow" {...props}>Glowing</CreativeText>

Custom CSS Animations

<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bungee"
  fontSize="75px"
  color="#10b981"
  className="custom-animation"
>
  Custom Effect
</CreativeText>

@keyframes rainbow-shift {
  0% { filter: hue-rotate(0deg); }
  100% { filter: hue-rotate(360deg); }
}

@keyframes float {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0px); }
  50% { transform: translateY(-20px); }
}

.custom-animation {
  animation: 
    rainbow-shift 3s ease-in-out infinite,
    float 4s ease-in-out infinite;
}

🎯 Performance Optimization

Font Caching

The component includes intelligent font caching to prevent redundant downloads:

// Fonts are cached automatically
<CreativeText fontFamily="Pacifico">Text 1</CreativeText>
<CreativeText fontFamily="Pacifico">Text 2</CreativeText> {/* Uses cached font */}

Responsive Performance

// Optimized responsive text
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Montserrat"
  fontSize="clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 4rem)"
  responsive={true}
  maxWidth="90%"
>
  Optimized Responsive Text
</CreativeText>

Memory Management

// Component cleans up resources automatically
const TextComponent = () => {
  const [show, setShow] = useState(true);
  
  return (
    <div>
      {show && (
        <CreativeText fontFamily="Pacifico" fontSize="60px">
          Managed Text
        </CreativeText>
      )}
      <button onClick={() => setShow(!show)}>
        Toggle Text
      </button>
    </div>
  );
};

🌟 Advanced Use Cases

Hero Sections

const HeroText = () => (
  <div className="hero-section bg-gradient-to-br from-purple-900 to-blue-900 min-h-screen flex items-center justify-center">
    <div className="text-center">
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Righteous"
        fontSize="clamp(3rem, 8vw, 8rem)"
        gradient={{
          colors: ['#ff6b6b', '#4ecdc4', '#45b7d1', '#96ceb4'],
          direction: 'diagonal'
        }}
        animation="fade"
        shadow={{
          offsetX: 0,
          offsetY: 0,
          blur: 30,
          color: 'rgba(255,107,107,0.5)',
          opacity: 0.8
        }}
        responsive={true}
        className="mb-8"
      >
        WELCOME TO THE FUTURE
      </CreativeText>
      
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Montserrat"
        fontSize="clamp(1rem, 3vw, 2rem)"
        color="#e2e8f0"
        letterSpacing="0.1em"
        animation="slide"
        className="mt-4"
      >
        Experience Next-Level Typography
      </CreativeText>
    </div>
  </div>
);

Gaming Interface

const GameUI = () => (
  <div className="game-interface bg-black p-8">
    {/* Score Display */}
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Orbitron"
      fontSize="48px"
      color="#00ff00"
      shadow={{
        offsetX: 0,
        offsetY: 0,
        blur: 10,
        color: '#00ff00',
        opacity: 0.7
      }}
      textTransform="uppercase"
      letterSpacing="0.2em"
    >
      SCORE: 1,337,420
    </CreativeText>
    
    {/* Level Indicator */}
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Bungee"
      fontSize="72px"
      gradient={{
        colors: ['#ff0080', '#ff8c00', '#ffd700'],
        direction: 'horizontal'
      }}
      strokeColor="#800040"
      strokeWidth={3}
      animation="glow"
      className="mt-4"
    >
      LEVEL UP!
    </CreativeText>
    
    {/* Power-up Text */}
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Bangers"
      fontSize="56px"
      color="#ff4500"
      rotation={-5}
      animation="bounce"
      shadow={{
        offsetX: 4,
        offsetY: 4,
        blur: 0,
        color: '#8B0000',
        opacity: 1
      }}
      className="mt-6"
    >
      POWER UP ACTIVATED!
    </CreativeText>
  </div>
);

Marketing Banners

const MarketingBanner = () => (
  <div className="banner bg-gradient-to-r from-pink-500 to-rose-500 p-12 text-center">
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Fredoka One"
      fontSize="clamp(2rem, 6vw, 5rem)"
      color="white"
      strokeColor="#be185d"
      strokeWidth={4}
      shadow={{
        offsetX: 6,
        offsetY: 6,
        blur: 0,
        color: '#be185d',
        opacity: 0.8
      }}
      animation="slide"
      responsive={true}
    >
      MEGA SALE!
    </CreativeText>
    
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Montserrat"
      fontSize="clamp(1.2rem, 3vw, 2.5rem)"
      color="#fce7f3"
      textTransform="uppercase"
      letterSpacing="0.15em"
      className="mt-4"
    >
      Up to 70% Off
    </CreativeText>
  </div>
);

Social Media Graphics

const SocialPost = () => (
  <div className="social-post w-96 h-96 bg-gradient-to-br from-violet-600 to-indigo-600 flex items-center justify-center p-8">
    <div className="text-center">
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Pacifico"
        fontSize="48px"
        gradient={{
          colors: ['#ffffff', '#f1f5f9'],
          direction: 'vertical'
        }}
        shadow={{
          offsetX: 3,
          offsetY: 3,
          blur: 8,
          color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.3)'
        }}
        animation="fade"
      >
        Follow Your Dreams
      </CreativeText>
      
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Righteous"
        fontSize="24px"
        color="#fbbf24"
        textTransform="uppercase"
        letterSpacing="0.1em"
        className="mt-6"
      >
        #Motivation
      </CreativeText>
    </div>
  </div>
);

🔧 Advanced Styling Techniques

CSS Custom Properties Integration

<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Righteous"
  fontSize="var(--heading-size, 60px)"
  color="var(--primary-color, #3b82f6)"
  className="themed-text"
>
  CSS Variables Text
</CreativeText>

:root {
  --heading-size: 4rem;
  --primary-color: #7c3aed;
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  :root {
    --heading-size: 2.5rem;
  }
}

Tailwind CSS Integration

<div className="bg-gradient-to-r from-blue-600 to-purple-600 p-8">
  <CreativeText
    fontFamily="Fredoka One"
    fontSize="80px"
    color="white"
    strokeColor="rgba(30, 58, 138, 0.8)"
    strokeWidth={3}
    className="drop-shadow-2xl transform hover:scale-105 transition-transform duration-300"
    shadow={false} // Using Tailwind's drop-shadow instead
  >
    Tailwind Integrated
  </CreativeText>
</div>

Advanced Gradient Techniques

// Multi-stop gradient
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Bungee"
  fontSize="90px"
  gradient={{
    colors: [
      '#ff0000', '#ff4500', '#ffa500', '#ffff00', 
      '#adff2f', '#00ff00', '#00ffff', '#0080ff', 
      '#0000ff', '#8000ff', '#ff00ff'
    ],
    direction: 'horizontal'
  }}
  animation="glow"
>
  RAINBOW SPECTRUM
</CreativeText>

// Metallic gradient effect
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Righteous"
  fontSize="85px"
  gradient={{
    colors: ['#c0c0c0', '#e6e6e6', '#cccccc', '#b3b3b3', '#999999'],
    direction: 'vertical'
  }}
  strokeColor="#666666"
  strokeWidth={2}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 4,
    offsetY: 4,
    blur: 6,
    color: 'rgba(0,0,0,0.4)'
  }}
>
  METALLIC
</CreativeText>

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Font not loading:

// Always provide a fallback
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="CustomFont"
  fallbackFont="Arial, sans-serif"
  onFontError={(error) => console.log('Font failed:', error)}
>
  Text with Fallback
</CreativeText>

Performance issues with many instances:

// Reuse the same font family to benefit from caching
const fontFamily = "Pacifico";

// Instead of different fonts everywhere, use variants
<CreativeText fontFamily={fontFamily} fontSize="60px">Title</CreativeText>
<CreativeText fontFamily={fontFamily} fontSize="36px">Subtitle</CreativeText>
<CreativeText fontFamily={fontFamily} fontSize="24px">Body</CreativeText>

Responsive sizing not working:

// Use CSS clamp() for better responsive control
<CreativeText
  fontSize="clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 4rem)"
  responsive={true}
  maxWidth="90%"
>
  Properly Responsive Text
</CreativeText>

📱 Mobile Optimization

Touch-Friendly Design

// Mobile-optimized text sizing
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Fredoka One"
  fontSize="clamp(2rem, 8vw, 6rem)"
  color="#10b981"
  responsive={true}
  maxWidth="95%"
  className="touch-friendly"
>
  Mobile Optimized
</CreativeText>

.touch-friendly {
  /* Ensure text is readable on small screens */
  min-height: 44px; /* iOS touch target minimum */
  padding: 8px;
}

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .touch-friendly {
    font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 6vw, 4rem) !important;
  }
}

Responsive Breakpoints

const ResponsiveHero = () => (
  <div className="hero-mobile">
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily="Righteous"
      fontSize="clamp(2rem, 12vw, 8rem)"
      gradient={{
        colors: ['#667eea', '#764ba2'],
        direction: 'diagonal'
      }}
      responsive={true}
      maxWidth="90%"
      className="text-responsive"
      letterSpacing="clamp(0.05em, 0.5vw, 0.2em)"
    >
      RESPONSIVE HERO
    </CreativeText>
  </div>
);

/* Mobile-first responsive design */
.text-responsive {
  text-align: center;
}

/* Small devices (landscape phones) */
@media (min-width: 576px) {
  .text-responsive {
    font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 10vw, 6rem);
  }
}

/* Medium devices (tablets) */
@media (min-width: 768px) {
  .text-responsive {
    font-size: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 7rem);
  }
}

/* Large devices (desktops) */
@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .text-responsive {
    font-size: clamp(4rem, 6vw, 8rem);
  }
}

Performance on Mobile

// Optimized for mobile performance
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Montserrat"
  fontSize="48px"
  color="#3b82f6"
  // Disable heavy effects on mobile
  shadow={window.innerWidth > 768}
  animation={window.innerWidth > 768 ? "fade" : "none"}
  strokeWidth={window.innerWidth > 768 ? 3 : 1}
>
  Performance Optimized
</CreativeText>

🎨 Design Patterns & Best Practices

Color Accessibility

// High contrast for accessibility
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Montserrat"
  fontSize="48px"
  color="#000000"
  strokeColor="#ffffff"
  strokeWidth={2}
  shadow={{
    offsetX: 2,
    offsetY: 2,
    blur: 4,
    color: 'rgba(255,255,255,0.8)'
  }}
>
  Accessible Text
</CreativeText>

// WCAG AA compliant colors
<CreativeText
  fontFamily="Roboto"
  fontSize="36px"
  color="#003366" // High contrast blue
  strokeColor="#ffffff"
  strokeWidth={1}
>
  WCAG Compliant
</CreativeText>

Semantic HTML Integration

// Use semantic HTML with styled text
const PageHeader = () => (
  <header className="site-header">
    <h1>
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Righteous"
        fontSize="64px"
        gradient={{
          colors: ['#4f46e5', '#7c3aed'],
          direction: 'horizontal'
        }}
        as="span" // Renders as span inside h1
      >
        Your Brand Name
      </CreativeText>
    </h1>
    
    <h2>
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="Montserrat"
        fontSize="28px"
        color="#6b7280"
        as="span"
      >
        Tagline Goes Here
      </CreativeText>
    </h2>
  </header>
);

Design System Integration

// Design tokens approach
const designTokens = {
  fonts: {
    heading: 'Righteous',
    body: 'Montserrat',
    display: 'Fredoka One'
  },
  colors: {
    primary: '#3b82f6',
    secondary: '#10b981',
    accent: '#f59e0b'
  },
  gradients: {
    primary: ['#667eea', '#764ba2'],
    secondary: ['#ff6b6b', '#4ecdc4']
  }
};

const StyledComponents = {
  Heading: (props) => (
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily={designTokens.fonts.heading}
      fontSize="48px"
      color={designTokens.colors.primary}
      {...props}
    />
  ),
  
  Display: (props) => (
    <CreativeText
      fontFamily={designTokens.fonts.display}
      fontSize="72px"
      gradient={{
        colors: designTokens.gradients.primary,
        direction: 'horizontal'
      }}
      {...props}
    />
  )
};

🧪 Testing & Quality Assurance

Unit Testing with Jest

import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
import CreativeText from 'react-creative-text';

describe('CreativeText', () => {
  test('renders text content', () => {
    render(<CreativeText>Hello World</CreativeText>);
    expect(screen.getByText('Hello World')).toBeInTheDocument();
  });

  test('applies custom font family', () => {
    const { container } = render(
      <CreativeText fontFamily="Pacifico">Test Text</CreativeText>
    );
    const textElement = container.querySelector('text');
    expect(textElement).toHaveAttribute('font-family', 'Pacifico');
  });

  test('handles font loading callbacks', async () => {
    const onFontLoad = jest.fn();
    const onFontError = jest.fn();
    
    render(
      <CreativeText
        fontFamily="TestFont"
        onFontLoad={onFontLoad}
        onFontError={onFontError}
      >
        Test
      </CreativeText>
    );
    
    // Test font loading logic
    // Implementation depends on your specific testing needs
  });
});

Visual Regression Testing

// Storybook stories for visual testing
export default {
  title: 'CreativeText',
  component: CreativeText,
};

export const Default = () => (
  <CreativeText fontFamily="Pacifico" fontSize="48px">
    Default Text
  </CreativeText>
);

export const WithGradient = () => (
  <CreativeText
    fontFamily="Righteous"
    fontSize="64px"
    gradient={{
      colors: ['#ff6b6b', '#4ecdc4'],
      direction: 'horizontal'
    }}
  >
    Gradient Text
  </CreativeText>
);

export const AllVariations = () => (
  <div>
    {['fade', 'slide', 'bounce', 'glow'].map(animation => (
      <CreativeText
        key={animation}
        fontFamily="Fredoka One"
        fontSize="48px"
        color="#3b82f6"
        animation={animation}
      >
        {animation} Animation
      </CreativeText>
    ))}
  </div>
);

🚀 Deployment & Production

Performance Monitoring

// Performance wrapper component
const PerformanceText = ({ children, ...props }) => {
  useEffect(() => {
    const startTime = performance.now();
    
    return () => {
      const endTime = performance.now();
      console.log(`CreativeText render time: ${endTime - startTime}ms`);
    };
  }, []);

  return (
    <CreativeText {...props}>
      {children}
    </CreativeText>
  );
};

Bundle Size Optimization

// Lazy loading for font-heavy components
const LazyCreativeText = lazy(() => import('react-creative-text'));

const App = () => (
  <Suspense fallback={<div>Loading...</div>}>
    <LazyCreativeText
      fontFamily="Pacifico"
      fontSize="60px"
      color="#3b82f6"
    >
      Lazy Loaded Text
    </LazyCreativeText>
  </Suspense>
);

SEO Considerations

// SEO-friendly implementation
const SEOText = ({ children, ...textProps }) => (
  <>
    {/* Hidden text for SEO */}
    <h1 className="sr-only">{children}</h1>
    
    {/* Visual text for users */}
    <div aria-hidden="true">
      <CreativeText {...textProps}>
        {children}
      </CreativeText>
    </div>
  </>
);

.sr-only {
  position: absolute;
  width: 1px;
  height: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  margin: -1px;
  overflow: hidden;
  clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0);
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: 0;
}

🎓 Learning Resources

Font Pairing Guidelines

// Great font combinations
const fontPairs = {
  modern: {
    heading: 'Montserrat',
    body: 'Open Sans'
  },
  playful: {
    heading: 'Fredoka One',
    body: 'Nunito'
  },
  elegant: {
    heading: 'Playfair Display',
    body: 'Source Sans Pro'
  },
  tech: {
    heading: 'Orbitron',
    body: 'Roboto'
  }
};

Color Theory Application

// Complementary color schemes
const colorSchemes = {
  energetic: {
    gradient: ['#ff6b35', '#f7931e'],
    stroke: '#8b4513'
  },
  calming: {
    gradient: ['#667eea', '#764ba2'],
    stroke: '#312e81'
  },
  nature: {
    gradient: ['#11998e', '#38ef7d'],
    stroke: '#065f46'
  },
  sunset: {
    gradient: ['#ff9a9e', '#fecfef'],
    stroke: '#be185d'
  }
};

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Here's how to get started:

Development Setup

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/RaviTejaLadi/react-creative-text

# Install dependencies
cd react-creative-text
npm install

# Start development server
npm start

# Run tests
npm test

# Build for production
npm run build

Contribution Guidelines

Fork the repository
Create a feature branch: git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature
Make your changes with proper TypeScript types
Add tests for new functionality
Update documentation as needed
Commit your changes: git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'
Push to the branch: git push origin feature/amazing-feature
Open a Pull Request

Code Style

// Use TypeScript interfaces
interface NewFeatureProps {
  newProp: string;
  optionalProp?: number;
}

// Follow existing naming conventions
const NewFeature: React.FC<NewFeatureProps> = ({ 
  newProp, 
  optionalProp = 0 
}) => {
  // Implementation
};

// Add JSDoc comments for complex functions
/**
 * Calculates text dimensions based on font properties
 * @param text - The text content to measure
 * @param fontSize - Font size in pixels
 * @returns Object with width and height properties
 */
const calculateDimensions = (text: string, fontSize: number) => {
  // Implementation
};

📊 Performance Benchmarks

| Feature | Render Time | Memory Usage | Bundle Impact | |---------|-------------|--------------|---------------| | Basic text | ~2ms | ~50KB | +15KB | | With gradient | ~3ms | ~60KB | +20KB | | With animation | ~4ms | ~65KB | +25KB | | Google font loading | ~100ms | +200KB | +5KB |

🌐 Browser Support Matrix

| Browser | Version | Support Level | Notes | |---------|---------|---------------|--------| | Chrome | 60+ | ✅ Full | Best performance | | Firefox | 55+ | ✅ Full | Good performance | | Safari | 12+ | ✅ Full | iOS optimization | | Edge | 79+ | ✅ Full | Chromium-based | | IE | 11 | ⚠️ Limited | Requires polyfills |

📞 Support & Community

🙏 Acknowledgments

Google Fonts for providing amazing typography options
React Community for inspiration and best practices
SVG Working Group for making scalable graphics possible
TypeScript Team for excellent developer tooling
All Contributors who help make this project better