I have a some basic button styles where on :hover
I add the letter-spacing
property:
On idea to approximate this is to duplicate the text considering a hidden one that has already the letter-spacing
and another one on the top that you animate to fill the space already defined by the hidden text:
Here is an idea by making the text color the same as background:
.btn {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
background-color: transparent;
border: 1px solid transparent;
padding: 0.375rem 0.75rem;
font-size: 1rem;
border-radius: 0.25rem;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all 0.2s ease;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
.btn-primary {
background-color: #8065F1;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.btn-large {
border-radius: 32px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 80px 0 rgba(74, 74, 74, 0.23);
padding: 0.25rem 3rem;
font-size: 1.5rem;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.btn::before {
content:attr(data-text);
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
text-align:center;
letter-spacing: initial;
color:#fff;
transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.btn {
letter-spacing: 4px;
color:#8065F1;
position:relative;
}
.btn:hover::before {
letter-spacing: 4px;
}
Another one using opacity and both pseudo element in case the background is not a solid color:
.btn {
display: inline-block;
text-align: center;
background-color: transparent;
border: 1px solid transparent;
padding: 0.375rem 0.75rem;
font-size: 1rem;
border-radius: 0.25rem;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all 0.2s ease;
margin-bottom:10px;
}
.btn-primary {
background: linear-gradient(#8065F1,purple);
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.btn-large {
border-radius: 32px;
box-shadow: 0 2px 80px 0 rgba(74, 74, 74, 0.23);
padding: 0.25rem 3rem;
font-size: 1.5rem;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.btn {
position:relative;
font-size:0;
}
.btn::before {
content:attr(data-text);
position:absolute;
left:0;
right:0;
text-align:center;
letter-spacing: initial;
font-size: 1.5rem;
transition: all 0.2s ease;
}
.btn::after {
content:attr(data-text);
letter-spacing: 4px;
opacity:0;
font-size: 1.5rem;
}
.btn:hover::before {
letter-spacing: 4px;
}