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3D Rotating Text Cylinder CSS

Create a highly advanced 3D rotating text marquee purely with CSS. We arranged layers in a perfect circle using transforms, which gives your typography incredible depth and movement.

#css

#3d

#cylinder

#text marquee

#typography

#rotation

#animation

#perspective

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*, *::before, *::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
  font-family: system-ui, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
  margin: 0;
  background: #000000;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 100vh;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.scene-wrapper {
  perspective: 1000px;
  perspective-origin: 50% -100px;
}

.cylinder-container {
  position: relative;
  width: 200px;
  height: 60px;
}

.cylinder {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  animation: spinCylinder 15s infinite linear;
}

.face {
  position: absolute;
  width: 100px;
  height: 60px;
  left: 50%;
  top: 0;
  margin-left: -50px;
  background: rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.1);
  border: 1px solid rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.4);
  color: #3b82f6;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  backface-visibility: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 0 15px rgba(59, 130, 246, 0.2);
  /* Text gradient for extra flair */
  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #93c5fd, #3b82f6);
  color: transparent;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
}

@keyframes spinCylinder {
  from { transform: rotateY(0deg); }
  to { transform: rotateY(-360deg); }
}

<div class="scene-wrapper">
  <div class="cylinder-container">
    <div class="cylinder">
      
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(0deg) translateZ(160px);">CSS3</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(36deg) translateZ(160px);">HTML5</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(72deg) translateZ(160px);">REACT</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(108deg) translateZ(160px);">NODE</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(144deg) translateZ(160px);">SQL</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(160px);">VUE</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(216deg) translateZ(160px);">NEXT</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(252deg) translateZ(160px);">SWELTE</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(288deg) translateZ(160px);">TYPESCRIPT</div>
      <div class="face" style="transform: rotateY(324deg) translateZ(160px);">PYTHON</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

3D Rotating Text Cylinder CSS

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