Letter Spacing inquiry

[sorciereus 8 Likes (Newbie)]

Hi all. Quick question. I'd like to tween the kerning/letter spacing on a line of text. Got it working but have a couple specific inquiries. I wasn't able to locate the exact documentation for the letterspacing tween effect.
 
My line of code is: 
 

TweenMax.fromTo("#text1", 1, {letterSpacing:20, alpha:0}, {letterSpacing:10, alpha:1});

I'd like to add a delay and also I want the text to tween from the center rather than from the left - how do I do that as well? 

 

Here is the CSS:

 

#text1
{
font-family: 'Anderson 1938', 'anderson_1938regular', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
font-size:28px;
font-weight:400;
letter-spacing: 10px;
color:#fff;
position:absolute;
top:38px;
left:121px;
text-align:center;
z-index:10;
}

I thought maybe the text-align:center; would get it to animate from the center but no such luck. Thanks in advance for any direction!

 

[PointC 14,429 Likes (Superhero)]

Hi sorciereus 

 

If you want to see a really nice 'from the center' text animation, you should take a look at this pen from Diaco. (one of our forum superheros)

See the Pen OVqBBq by MAW (@MAW) on CodePen

 

That pen is using the SplitText plugin which is a Club Membership perk, but may be exactly what you need.

 

Hopefully that helps a bit.

 

Happy tweening.

[Carl 11,180 Likes (Superhero)]

Great advice, PointC and nice job finding the Diaco pen. The perfect approach!

[Diaco 1,997 Likes (Superhero)]

Hi sorciereus 

 

pls add this to your css : transform: translate(-50%,0%);

 

and yep , for the separate delays and smoothest tween ( use x/y & subpixels instead of letterSpacing and pixels ) that's better to use GSAP SplitText plugin .

[sorciereus 8 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks very much for the replies. I appreciate both solutions and SplitText is super smooth! Rad!