Little CSS animation on hover

Question

Trying to create something like this.

I can't use letter-spacing. I created this code, but it doesn't work well.

http://jsfiddle.net/pyqq8wfe/

.refreshed_logo {
  font-family: ProximaNovaBold;
  font-size: 50px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #000000;
}
.logo_wrapper {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 250px;
  position: absolute;
}
.refreshed_logo:after {
  content: 'digital';
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 20px;
  background-color: red;
  border-radius: 18px;
  color: white;
  margin-left: 4px;
  margin-top: 3px;
  text-indent: 8px;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  transition-property: width, height;
  transition-duration: 0.2s, 0.2s;
  transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s;
  -o-transition-property: width, height;
  -o-transition-duration: 0.2s, 0.2s;
  -o-transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s;
  -moz-transition-property: width, height;
  -moz-transition-duration: 0.2s, 0.2s;
  -moz-transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s;
  -webkit-transition-property: width, height;
  -webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s, 0.2s;
  -webkit-transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s;
}
.refreshed_logo:hover:after {
  width: 71px;
  -webkit-transition: width 0.5s;
  transition: width 0.5s;
  text-indent: 2px;
}
.logo_wrapper:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}

<a href="/" class="logo_wrapper">
  <span class="refreshed_logo">
               Granat
            </span>
</a>

Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Since you cannot use letter-spacing or split the words, below is an approach using border-right which along with overflow: hidden setting hides all characters after 'd'. On hover they are revealed and thus produce the effect.

.refreshed_logo {
  font-family: ProximaNovaBold;
  font-size: 50px;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #000000;
}
.logo_wrapper {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
  width: 250px;
  position: absolute;
}
.refreshed_logo:after {
  content: 'digital';
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  /*text-align: center; not required */
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 20px;
  background-color: red;
  border-radius: 18px;
  color: white;
  /* following properties were added */
  padding-left: 5px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border-right: 5px solid red;
  overflow: hidden;
  /* end of addition */
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 1;
  transition-property: width, height;
  transition-duration: 0.2s, 0.2s;
  transition-delay: 0s, 0.2s;
}
.refreshed_logo:hover:after {
  width: 65px;
  transition: width 0.5s;
}
.logo_wrapper:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}

<a href="/" class="logo_wrapper">
  <span class="refreshed_logo">
               Granat
            </span>
</a>