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# Titlecard Lockup

> The calm breather titlecard: an optional mono kicker fades up, the wordmark settles dead-center with one restrained move, a hairline rule draws left to right, a mono label fades beneath, and the lockup holds truly still.

# Titlecard Lockup

The calm breather titlecard: an optional mono kicker fades up, the wordmark settles dead-center with one restrained move, a hairline rule draws left to right, a mono label fades beneath, and the lockup holds truly still.

**Titlecard Lockup**

```html titlecard-lockup.html
<!doctype html>
<!--
  titlecard-lockup: HyperFrames video primitive (intros and reveals / breather)

  The calm breather titlecard. An optional mono kicker fades up, the wordmark
  settles dead-center with ONE restrained move (scale 0.96 to 1, smooth
  ease-out), a hairline rule draws left to right beneath it, a mono label
  fades in under the rule, then the lockup holds truly still. Low motion is
  the payload: no second development phase, no spring chains, and the hold
  is dead still. The stillness is the confidence.

  Variables:
    - wordmark (string): the centered display wordmark.
    - label (string): mono caption under the rule. Empty hides it.
    - kicker (string): small mono label above the wordmark. Empty hides it.
    - rule (show | hide): the hairline rule and its draw.
    - accent (green | blue | violet): contract color carried by the rule.
    - exit (none | fade | up, default none): optional departure.

  Envelope: fixed IN, optional OUT, elastic HOLD only.
    IN_BASE  = 1.80s  kicker, wordmark settle, rule draw, label, in sequence
    HOLD     = max(0, D - IN - OUT), truly still: no drift, no breath
    OUT_BASE = 0.50s when exit is fade or up, otherwise 0
  If D is shorter than IN_BASE + OUT_BASE the phases compress together.
  Longer mounts stretch HOLD only. The timeline is never time-scaled.

  The rule draw uses getTotalLength dash measurement (never the pathLength
  attribute, never non-scaling-stroke on a dashed path).

  Mount contract: the runtime clones only this template. #root fills the host
  box, establishes the container query basis, has no data-width or
  data-height, and registers one paused timeline under the literal
  titlecard-lockup key.
-->
<html
  lang="en"
  data-composition-id="titlecard-lockup"
  data-composition-duration="4"
  data-composition-variables='[
    { "id": "wordmark", "type": "string", "role": "content", "label": "Wordmark", "description": "Display wordmark that settles dead-center.", "default": "HYPERFRAMES" },
    { "id": "label", "type": "string", "role": "content", "label": "Label", "description": "Mono caption under the rule. Empty hides it.", "default": "WRITE HTML. RENDER VIDEO." },
    { "id": "kicker", "type": "string", "role": "content", "label": "Kicker", "description": "Small mono label above the wordmark. Empty hides it.", "default": "INTRODUCING" },
    { "id": "rule", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Rule", "description": "Hairline rule drawn left to right under the wordmark.", "default": "show", "options": [{ "value": "show", "label": "Show" }, { "value": "hide", "label": "Hide" }] },
    { "id": "accent", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Accent", "description": "Contract color carried by the hairline rule.", "default": "green", "options": [{ "value": "green", "label": "Green" }, { "value": "blue", "label": "Blue" }, { "value": "violet", "label": "Violet" }] },
    { "id": "exit", "type": "enum", "role": "style", "label": "Exit", "description": "Optional departure. Frame roots own transitions, so none is the default.", "default": "none", "options": [{ "value": "none", "label": "None" }, { "value": "fade", "label": "Fade" }, { "value": "up", "label": "Up" }] }
  ]'
>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>Titlecard Lockup</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <template>
      <div id="root" data-composition-id="titlecard-lockup" data-duration="4" data-fps="30">
        <style>
          *,
          *::before,
          *::after {
            box-sizing: border-box;
          }

          #root {
            position: absolute;
            inset: 0;
            overflow: hidden;
            container-type: size;
            isolation: isolate;
            color: var(--fg, #f8fafc);
            font-family: var(--font-display, Inter, system-ui, sans-serif);
            pointer-events: none;
          }

          #root [hidden] {
            display: none !important;
          }

          .tl-clip {
            position: absolute;
            inset: 0;
            display: grid;
            place-items: center;
            overflow: hidden;
            background: var(--bg, #0b0c0e);
          }

          .tl-lockup {
            display: flex;
            flex-direction: column;
            align-items: center;
            max-width: 92cqw;
            text-align: center;
            will-change: transform, opacity;
          }

          .tl-kicker {
            display: block;
            margin-bottom: var(--space-2, 3.4cqh);
            /* Light-safe ink derived from the host's own fg/bg instead of
               --muted (whose fallback is dark-tuned and fails contrast on
               light hosts). 62% fg clears 4.5:1 on both dark and light. */
            color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fg, #f8fafc) 62%, var(--bg, #0b0c0e));
            font-family: var(--font-mono, ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, Consolas, monospace);
            font-size: 2.6cqmin;
            font-weight: 600;
            line-height: 1;
            letter-spacing: 0.3em;
            text-indent: 0.3em; /* balances the trailing tracking so the line optically centers */
            text-transform: uppercase;
            will-change: transform, opacity;
          }

          .tl-wordmark {
            display: block;
            max-width: 92cqw;
            color: var(--fg, #f8fafc);
            font-family: var(--font-display, Inter, system-ui, sans-serif);
            font-size: var(--tl-wordmark-size, min(14cqw, 22cqh));
            font-weight: 600;
            line-height: 1;
            letter-spacing: -0.03em;
            white-space: nowrap;
            transform-origin: 50% 50%;
            will-change: transform, opacity;
          }

          .tl-rule-svg {
            display: block;
            width: 34cqw;
            height: max(1px, 0.2cqmin);
            margin-top: var(--space-2, 4cqh);
          }

          .tl-rule-svg line {
            stroke: color-mix(
              in srgb,
              var(--tl-accent, var(--brand, #71f5a7)) 60%,
              var(--fg, #f8fafc)
            );
            stroke-width: 2;
            stroke-opacity: 0.62;
          }

          .tl-label {
            display: block;
            margin-top: var(--space-2, 3.2cqh);
            /* Same fg/bg-derived ink as the kicker: contrast-safe on any host. */
            color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--fg, #f8fafc) 62%, var(--bg, #0b0c0e));
            font-family: var(--font-mono, ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, Consolas, monospace);
            font-size: 2.2cqmin;
            font-weight: 600;
            line-height: 1.4;
            letter-spacing: 0.34em;
            text-indent: 0.34em;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            will-change: transform, opacity;
          }
        </style>

        <div
          id="titlecard-lockup-clip"
          class="tl-clip clip"
          data-start="0"
          data-duration="4"
          data-track-index="0"
        >
          <div class="tl-lockup">
            <span class="tl-kicker"></span>
            <span class="tl-wordmark"></span>
            <svg
              class="tl-rule-svg"
              viewBox="0 0 560 2"
              preserveAspectRatio="none"
              xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
              aria-hidden="true"
            >
              <line class="tl-rule" x1="0" y1="1" x2="560" y2="1" />
            </svg>
            <span class="tl-label"></span>
          </div>
        </div>

        <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
        <script>
          (function () {
            "use strict";

            var root = document.getElementById("root");
            var lockup = root.querySelector(".tl-lockup");
            var kicker = root.querySelector(".tl-kicker");
            var wordmark = root.querySelector(".tl-wordmark");
            var ruleSvg = root.querySelector(".tl-rule-svg");
            var ruleLine = root.querySelector(".tl-rule");
            var label = root.querySelector(".tl-label");
            var vars =
              window.__hyperframes && window.__hyperframes.getVariables
                ? window.__hyperframes.getVariables()
                : {};

            function readText(value, fallback) {
              if (value == null) return fallback;
              return String(value).trim().replace(/\s+/g, " ");
            }

            var wordmarkText = readText(vars.wordmark, "HYPERFRAMES");
            var labelText = readText(vars.label, "WRITE HTML. RENDER VIDEO.");
            var kickerText = readText(vars.kicker, "INTRODUCING");
            var ruleShown = vars.rule !== "hide";
            var accentColors = {
              green: "var(--brand, #71f5a7)",
              blue: "var(--accent, #61a8ff)",
              violet: "var(--accent-2, #c5a3ff)",
            };
            var accent = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(accentColors, vars.accent)
              ? vars.accent
              : "green";
            var exit = vars.exit === "fade" || vars.exit === "up" ? vars.exit : "none";

            wordmark.textContent = wordmarkText;
            lockup.setAttribute("aria-label", wordmarkText);
            root.style.setProperty("--tl-accent", accentColors[accent]);

            if (kickerText) kicker.textContent = kickerText;
            else kicker.setAttribute("hidden", "hidden");
            if (labelText) label.textContent = labelText;
            else label.setAttribute("hidden", "hidden");
            if (!ruleShown) ruleSvg.setAttribute("hidden", "hidden");

            // Deterministic character-count fit keeps the wordmark on one line
            // with air on both sides before the template is laid out. The 0.78
            // advance estimate is conservative so wide themed display faces
            // (serifs) still fit inside the frame.
            var characters = Math.max(1, Array.from(wordmarkText).length);
            var fittedCqw = Math.min(12, 84 / (characters * 0.78));
            root.style.setProperty(
              "--tl-wordmark-size",
              "min(" + fittedCqw.toFixed(3) + "cqw, 22cqh)",
            );

            var IN_BASE = 1.8;
            var OUT_BASE = exit === "none" ? 0 : 0.5;
            var parsedDuration = Number.parseFloat(root.dataset.duration);
            var duration = Number.isFinite(parsedDuration) ? Math.max(0.001, parsedDuration) : 4;
            var totalBase = IN_BASE + OUT_BASE;
            var phaseScale = duration < totalBase ? duration / totalBase : 1;
            var IN = IN_BASE * phaseScale;
            var OUT = OUT_BASE * phaseScale;
            var HOLD = Math.max(0, duration - IN - OUT);
            var OUT_START = IN + HOLD;
            var KICKER_IN = 0.45 * phaseScale;
            var WORD_AT = 0.25 * phaseScale;
            var WORD_IN = 0.85 * phaseScale;
            var RULE_AT = 0.9 * phaseScale;
            var RULE_IN = 0.55 * phaseScale;
            var LABEL_AT = 1.3 * phaseScale;
            var LABEL_IN = 0.5 * phaseScale;

            var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });

            // Optional kicker fades up first. An empty kicker leaves a beat of
            // quiet instead of reflowing the schedule.
            if (kickerText) {
              tl.fromTo(
                kicker,
                { autoAlpha: 0, y: "2.2cqh" },
                { autoAlpha: 1, y: "0cqh", duration: KICKER_IN, ease: "power2.out" },
                0,
              );
            }

            // The ONE move: the wordmark settles dead-center, scale 0.96 to 1,
            // smooth ease-out, entrance half only, no bounce.
            tl.fromTo(
              wordmark,
              { autoAlpha: 0, scale: 0.96 },
              { autoAlpha: 1, scale: 1, duration: WORD_IN, ease: "power3.out" },
              WORD_AT,
            );

            // Hairline rule draws left to right via measured-length dash.
            if (ruleShown) {
              var ruleLength = ruleLine.getTotalLength();
              ruleLine.style.strokeDasharray = String(ruleLength);
              ruleLine.style.strokeDashoffset = String(ruleLength);
              tl.fromTo(
                ruleLine,
                { strokeDashoffset: ruleLength },
                { strokeDashoffset: 0, duration: RULE_IN, ease: "power2.out" },
                RULE_AT,
              );
            }

            // Mono label fades up beneath the rule.
            if (labelText) {
              tl.fromTo(
                label,
                { autoAlpha: 0, y: "1.8cqh" },
                { autoAlpha: 1, y: "0cqh", duration: LABEL_IN, ease: "power2.out" },
                LABEL_AT,
              );
            }

            // TRUE hold: dead still. No drift, no breath; sub-perceptual
            // motion reads as noise at 1080p, and the stillness is the point.

            // Optional exit. Frame roots own transitions; none is the default
            // and leaves the held lockup as the final frame.
            if (exit !== "none") {
              var exitProps = { autoAlpha: 0, duration: OUT, ease: "power2.in" };
              if (exit === "up") exitProps.y = "-2.4cqh";
              tl.to(lockup, exitProps, OUT_START);
            }

            tl.seek(0);
            window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};
            window.__timelines["titlecard-lockup"] = tl;
          })();
        </script>
      </div>
    </template>
  </body>
</html>
```

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## Paste it into your composition

Open `compositions/components/titlecard-lockup.html` and copy what is inside into your own composition.

A component has no size or duration of its own. It takes both from the composition
you paste it into.

## Variables

Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you
want to change on the element:

| Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does |
| - | - | - | - |
| `wordmark` | `HYPERFRAMES` | string | Display wordmark that settles dead-center. |
| `label` | `WRITE HTML. RENDER VIDEO.` | string | Mono caption under the rule. Empty hides it. |
| `kicker` | `INTRODUCING` | string | Small mono label above the wordmark. Empty hides it. |
| `rule` | `show` | `show`, `hide` | Hairline rule drawn left to right under the wordmark. |
| `accent` | `green` | `green`, `blue`, `violet` | Contract color carried by the hairline rule. |
| `exit` | `none` | `none`, `fade`, `up` | Optional departure. Frame roots own transitions, so none is the default. |

Set them with `data-variable-values` on the element that mounts it. These are the
defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one:

```html wrap
<div
  data-composition-id="titlecard-lockup"
  data-composition-src="compositions/components/titlecard-lockup.html"
  data-variable-values='{"wordmark":"HYPERFRAMES","label":"WRITE HTML. RENDER VIDEO.","kicker":"INTRODUCING","rule":"show","accent":"green","exit":"none"}'
></div>
```

{/* hf:generated-footer */}

Tagged `motion-primitive` `typography` `title-card` `lockup` `breather` `orient`.

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