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VHS

A copy-paste glitch & distortion component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

Glitch & DistortionHTMLCSSany framework
VHS

Copy into your project

HTML
<!-- VHS — tracking-error band drifts through a tape-noise overlay. -->
<div class="nuda-glitch-vhs">
  <span>VHS</span>
  <span class="nuda-glitch-vhs__lines"></span>
  <span class="nuda-glitch-vhs__track"></span>
</div>
CSS
/* ── VHS ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   Tape-noise lines (static) + one blurred "tracking-error" band
   that slowly drifts top→bottom. The text carries a permanent,
   gentle cyan/magenta shadow split for the analog-bleed look.
   ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.nuda-glitch-vhs {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
  border-radius: 12px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #13131a, #09090b);
  color: #e4ff54;
  font: 900 1.3rem/1 ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
  text-shadow: 1.5px 0 rgba(255, 0, 212, 0.6), -1.5px 0 rgba(0, 229, 255, 0.6);
}

.nuda-glitch-vhs__lines {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
    0deg,
    rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 0 1px,
    transparent 1px 3px
  );
  pointer-events: none;
}

.nuda-glitch-vhs__track {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 14%;
  background: rgba(228, 255, 84, 0.1);
  backdrop-filter: blur(1px);
  pointer-events: none;
  animation: glitch-vhs-track 6s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes glitch-vhs-track {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(-20%); }
  50%      { transform: translateY(620%); }
}

/* ── Accessibility ──────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .nuda-glitch-vhs__track { animation: none; opacity: 0; }
  .nuda-glitch-vhs { text-shadow: none; }
}

How to use VHS

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.

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