VisualProduct

Glyph story

Large product glyph animation in the fine dot pattern. Supports a static state.

$ npx context-ds add glyph-story

In the product

Usage

Use it for

Large featured glyphs, like the Browse APIs and Upgrade plan cards. still beside a story already playing.

Avoid

More than one or two stories on a screen

Dependencies: dot-engine, glyph-engine

Example

examples/glyph-story.tsx

import { GlyphStory } from "@/components/visuals/glyph/glyph-story";export function Product() {  return (    <div className="flex items-center justify-center gap-8">      <GlyphStory name="search" className="w-28 text-brand" />      <GlyphStory name="search" still className="w-28 text-brand" />    </div>  );}

Source

components/visuals/glyph/glyph-story.tsx

"use client";import { useMemo } from "react";import { DotStory, type LoadDotStory } from "@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story";import { cellStates } from "@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-cells";import { GLYPH_GRID, glyphSubject, type GlyphPairName } from "@/components/visuals/glyph/glyph-art";import { FINE_GRID, fineCellsOf } from "@/components/visuals/glyph/upgrade-story-fine";/** * A glyph pair drawn in the blog covers' fine dot pattern, like the Browse APIs and Upgrade plan cards: brand-blue dots * on the page, the subject melting into what it gives you on a loop while in view. `still` holds the subject instead, * as reduced motion does. */export function GlyphStory({ name, still = false, className }: { name: GlyphPairName; still?: boolean; className?: string }) {  const resting = useMemo(() => ({ cells: fineCellsOf(cellStates(GLYPH_GRID, glyphSubject(name))) }), [name]);  const load = useMemo<LoadDotStory>(    () => async (stage) => {      const { createGlyphStoryPlayer } = await import("@/components/visuals/glyph/glyph-story-player");      return createGlyphStoryPlayer(stage, name);    },    [name],  );  return <DotStory grid={FINE_GRID} resting={resting} load={load} still={still} className={className} />;}

Reference: context-dashboard c0ddf7a src/components/dots/glyph-story.tsx.