SoftType
A variable-font engine in CSS — weight and width oscillate through the Archivo axes.
Live — this one is real
Usage
import { SoftType } from "mizu-ui";
export function Engine() {
return <SoftType text="Aa" mode="both" speed={1} />;
}
Source & setup
Add this component to your project with the shadcn CLI. The command copies its source into your configured UI directory, with base.css, Mizu’s tokens, and the stylesheets that hold its rules. Each rule lives in one stylesheet, so components you add together never repeat CSS. In a project without a components.json, run npx shadcn@latest init 0xuser64bit/mizu/preset first: plain init installs shadcn’s theme into your global CSS. Then load the fonts.
npx shadcn@latest add 0xuser64bit/mizu/soft-typeEvery component imports from its own path, its name in kebab case. To paste the example, replace its mizu-ui import with:
import { SoftType } from "@/components/ui/mizu/soft-type";For npm imports, import mizu-ui/styles.css once. Fonts are optional via mizu-ui/fonts.css. Override --mizu-* tokens or use className for local styling. Uses native React and CSS; install the package peers for root imports. A Client Component: its source starts with “use client”.
Inspect type/SoftType.tsx
Source is included in the npm package under src/type/SoftType.tsx.
Props
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| text | string | "Aa" | The specimen glyphs. |
| mode | "weight" | "width" | "both" | "weight" | Which axes oscillate. |
| speed | number | 1 | Oscillation rate multiplier. |
| min / max | number | 100 / 900 | Weight range. |
Accessibility
The type specimen carries role=img and a descriptive label.
Motion
CSS keyframes interpolate font-variation-settings. Reduced motion holds the actual font axes still.