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Dot Matrix Text

LED dot-matrix display rendered as 5x7 character bitmaps with optional glow and horizontal scroll, for React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.

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A retro LED dot-matrix readout for the web. Each character is rendered from a hand-tuned 5×7 bitmap font — the same grid you'd find on a vintage stadium scoreboard, an arcade marquee, or a smart-home status panel. Lit dots glow with a configurable color and an optional blur halo; unlit dots sit at low opacity to show the underlying matrix grid. Includes an optional scroll mode that translates the entire glyph track horizontally — perfect for headlines, news tickers, and "NOW LOADING" banners. Lowercase input is automatically uppercased because the bitmap only includes capitals, just like a real seven-segment-class display. Renders pure DOM divs (no canvas, no SVG), so it scales cleanly with dotSize and gap, picks up your foreground color via CSS, and stays readable in both light and dark themes.

Install with AI

If you've connected the shadcn.io MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-ready AI editor, prompt your agent to install this text effect for you — no copy-paste, no CLI:

use shadcnio to install the dot-matrix-text text effect into my project

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