led-ticker-flair

Homage sprite-trail transitions and text animations for led-ticker — four sprite families plus the propeller animation, all in one wheel.

Sprite-trail transitions

Family	Type strings	Notes
nyancat	`nyancat.forward` / `nyancat.reverse` / `nyancat.alternating`	Hi-res sprite on bigsign
pokeball	`pokeball.forward` / `pokeball.reverse` / `pokeball.alternating`	Hi-res sprite + `:pokeball.ball:` emoji
pacman	`pacman.forward` / `pacman.reverse` / `pacman.alternating`	Low-res
sailor_moon	`sailor_moon.forward` / `sailor_moon.reverse` / `sailor_moon.alternating`	Low-res

Unofficial fan homage. These sprites are the property of their respective rights holders and are not covered by this project's license. Non-commercial homage only; no affiliation or endorsement. See the repo NOTICE.

Propeller animation

flair.propeller spins a message widget's text in-plane on visit entry — a full-rotation ease-out that settles flat — then holds the text readable for the rest of the configured hold time. Transitions wait for the spin to finish before starting.

Requires led-ticker-core >= 4.3.

Config

Shorthand (all defaults):

[[playlist.section.widget]]
type = "message"
text = "Hello!"
animation = "flair.propeller"

Inline table with overrides:

[[playlist.section.widget]]
type = "message"
text = "Hello!"
animation = {style = "flair.propeller", revolutions = 3, spin_seconds = 1.5, direction = "ccw"}

Knobs

Field	Type	Default	Notes
`revolutions`	int ≥ 1	`2`	Full rotations completed during the spin-in
`spin_seconds`	float > 0	`1.0`	Wall-clock duration of the spin phase
`direction`	`"cw"` / `"ccw"`	`"cw"`	Clockwise or counter-clockwise

Caveats

Message widgets only. flair.propeller works on message widgets (core rejects animation on other widget types at config load). GIF / image text-overlay widgets accept animation but ignore the rotation.
BDF fonts only for now. Hi-res fonts display normally but the rotation effect is skipped. led-ticker validate warns (rule 63) when a propeller widget uses a hi-res font.
Short-hold warning. If spin_seconds outlasts hold_time the spin is truncated and the text appears only briefly. led-ticker validate warns (rule 62). Either raise hold_time or lower spin_seconds / revolutions.
Phase resets each visit. The spin restarts from the beginning every time the widget enters the rotation — it does not continue mid-spin across section cycles.

Install

Part of the led-ticker-plugins monorepo. Install:

pip install "git+https://github.com/JamesAwesome/led-ticker-plugins.git@flair-v0.1.0#subdirectory=plugins/flair"

Development Status
- 4 - Beta
Intended Audience
- Developers
Operating System
- POSIX :: Linux
Programming Language
- Python :: 3
- Python :: 3.14
Topic
- Multimedia :: Graphics
- System :: Hardware

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