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Make a layer on top that has cutout layers with an animated PNG or something as the background.
Under this layer, have another layer with exactly the reverse transparency (letters are opaque and space between letters is transparent.
This way, the user sees through the letters to the animation, and between the letters to whatever the letters are over.
Just make sure you have code to keep the layers in the right order.