UMG Text Effects

Per-letter text effects and a typewriter for Unreal Engine UMG. 50 effects, 32 presets, short tags, and a live preview in the UMG Designer. It works on Epic’s own Rich Text Block (add one decorator) and as a drop-in UTE Text Block widget. No engine changes, no shaders, full C++ source.

Get it on Fab: UMG Text Effects (UE 5.4-5.8).

Hello <wave>traveler</>, the <angry>dragon</> is <rainbow>awake</>!

Documentation

Page	What is in it
Quick Start	Install, first animated text in 5 minutes (UTE Text Block and Epic’s Rich Text Block), the demo
Tag syntax	The three tag forms, roles (appear, loop, disappear), common parameters, typewriter tags, effects without tags
Effect reference	All 50 effects with their roles, defaults and parameters
Preset reference	All 32 presets and how to make your own
Typewriter and Blueprint API	Typewriter settings, functions, events, recipes (dialogue box, voice blips, damage numbers), C++
Performance	What each kind of effect costs, measured, and how to measure on your hardware
Engines and platforms	Supported engine versions and platforms, what was tested where
Known limitations	What 1.0 does not do, and what to use instead
Changelog	Versions

What you get

• 50 effects in five groups: motion (wave, bounce, shake, slide, drop, scatter…), rotation (swing, spin, hinge…), scale and shape (pop, stamp, jello, flip…), color and opacity (fade, rainbow, gradient, shine, glow…), and special rendering (wipe, roll, decoder, glitch, ghost, marker, underline, repel…). Most work as appear, loop and disappear.
• 32 presets for moods and game moments: <angry>, <whisper>, <scared>, <magic>, <neon>, <robot>, <titledrop>, <damagenumber>, <pickup> and more. Add your own without code.
• Typewriter with pauses, speed changes, wait-for-input, inline events, skip and hide. Styles stay applied while typing and words never jump lines.
• Epic’s Rich Text Block keeps working. Add the decorator to the blocks you have; your style rows and image tags stay.
• Live preview in the UMG Designer, including the typewriter.
• Cheap to draw. Moving letters are drawn in one element per text block; finished text is drawn by Epic’s own code path. Measured numbers.
• Demo map and widget with every effect and preset labelled, and a dialogue box example.
• UE 5.4 to 5.8, Windows. Android compiled on 5.4 to 5.8.

Support

Questions and bug reports: support@barbedwireglovegames.games, or the support contact on the UMG Text Effects page on Fab.