Hover Text to Split Alpha Channel as Text Shadows

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Image: Hover Text to Split Alpha Channel as Text Shadows GIF

This is very retro text effect where you have a text and on hover, the alpha channel gets split out and appears as text-shadow around the text. This was designed by ilithya.

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Text Shadow Hover Code Snippet

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Posted by:Saijo George

Digital Marketer with a strong focus on technical SEO and design. One of the top 100 makers on Producthunt, co-organizer of the SEO Meetup in Melbourne, an instructor at General Assembly. Worked with brands like Envato, AEON. Currently the SEO Strategy Director at Supple.