This method to simulate I discovered reading a blog post by
Jake Archibald
. I read his blog post:
Animated line drawing in SVG
(also:
Stroke Dash Interpolation
, and a practical use of this effect:
Among the Oscar Contenders, a Host of Connections
)
where he describes this clever technique. In short it uses animated dash patterns to simulate that the path is drawn. Here are some letters drawn as
you hover over them
.
Take a look at
vivus.js