Distort Hover
A copy-paste glitch & distortion component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
Glitch & DistortionHTMLCSSany framework
DISTORT
Copy into your project
HTML
<!-- Distort Hover — skew + slight blur + RGB shadow split on hover. -->
<span class="nuda-glitch-distort">DISTORT</span>CSS
/* ── Distort Hover ───────────────────────────────────────────
A single eased transition (no looping animation, so nothing can
strobe): on hover the text skews, picks up a faint blur, and
splits into cyan/magenta shadow ghosts. Settles cleanly on leave.
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.nuda-glitch-distort {
display: inline-block;
font-family: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
font-size: 2.1rem;
font-weight: 900;
letter-spacing: 0.04em;
color: #e4ff54;
cursor: pointer;
background: #09090b;
padding: 0.3rem 0.55rem;
transform: skewX(0) scale(1);
filter: blur(0);
text-shadow: 0 0 0 transparent;
transition:
transform 0.35s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.9, 0.2, 1),
filter 0.35s,
text-shadow 0.35s;
}
.nuda-glitch-distort:hover {
transform: skewX(-7deg) scale(1.04);
filter: blur(0.6px);
text-shadow: 2px 0 #00e5ff, -2px 0 #ff00d4;
}
/* ── Accessibility ──────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.nuda-glitch-distort,
.nuda-glitch-distort:hover {
transition: none;
transform: none;
filter: none;
text-shadow: none;
}
}How to use Distort Hover
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.