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Also see RoughNotation <https://roughnotation.com/>, which uses RoughJS to support underlines, highlights etc.

I took some inspiration for my website (mouse over any highlighted title) <https://muxup.com/>. The write-up here aims to summarise how it works https://muxup.com/2022q3/muxup-implementation-notes#randomly... - if you click through you'll see it's really very little code.

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I enjoy the general effect, but on your site the highlights are redefined as elements take focus which causes a bunch of off-putting flickering for me as I find the article I want to read. Perhaps, it is intended behaviour but I figured I'd report it in case it is not. (chrome/linux)

Yes, redrawing on hover was a desired effect - sorry if you find it offputting.

Also I can't see it at all on mobile. (And based on your comment, I don't know if I'm missing some informational context or just some presentational razzle dazzle.)

On mobile, at least on Android, you can long-press on a title then dismiss the "open in" modal, but the hover effect remains.

On https://muxup.com/ you should see pastel-coloured randomly drawn 'roguh' highlights for the site title and for the titles of individual articles. If you mouse over, they'll be redrawn while your mouse is hovering. If you're on mobile, you won't see that, and that's fine. It worked just fine on Android (FF or Chrome) and iPhone last time I checked, but do let me know if you're not seeing that.

It's really very simple, just thought the distillation of the 'rough' drawing technique to a couple of dozen lines of code for this use case might be of interest to some.

i like the onclick rotating doodle art more.

That looks really cute, I like it!

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