<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Character Cursor Effect</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div id="cursor"></div>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

body {
    margin: 0;
    height: 100vh;
    background: #111;
    color: #fff;
    font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif;
    overflow: hidden;
}

/* Hide the default cursor */
body, html {
    cursor: none;
}

/* The character cursor */
#cursor {
    position: absolute;
    pointer-events: none;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #f7d200;
    transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
    transition: all 0.1s ease;
}

const cursorElement = document.getElementById('cursor');
const alphabet = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ'; // List of characters

let currentCharacter = 0; // Start with the first character

// Function to update the position and character of the cursor
window.addEventListener('mousemove', (e) => {
    cursorElement.style.left = `${e.clientX}px`;
    cursorElement.style.top = `${e.clientY}px`;

    // Change the character every 100ms (adjust as needed)
    cursorElement.textContent = alphabet[currentCharacter];

    // Update the character to the next in the alphabet
    currentCharacter = (currentCharacter + 1) % alphabet.length;
});

// Optionally, change the cursor speed by adjusting how fast characters change
setInterval(() => {
    cursorElement.style.transition = 'all 0.1s ease';
}, 100);

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