.sparkle-text {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  color: #fff;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fff, gold, #fff);
  background-size: 200% auto;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  animation: shimmer-pulse 6s linear infinite;
}

@keyframes shimmer-pulse {
  0% {
    background-position: 0% center;
  }
  20% {
    background-position: 100% center;
  }
  40% {
    background-position: 0% center;
  }
  100% {
    background-position: 0% center;
  }
}

.sparkle-wave {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: bold;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, 
    red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, violet);
  background-size: 200% auto;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  color: transparent;
  opacity: 0.8;
}

@keyframes sparkleWave {
  0% {
    background-position: 200% 0;
    opacity: 1;
  }
  50% {
    opacity: 1;
  }
  100% {
    background-position: 0% 0;
    opacity: 1;
  }
}


/* text shimmer */

/*
.shimmer {
  font-family: "Lato";
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 3em;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 140px 0 0;
  display: inline;
  margin-bottom: 0;
}
*/

.text-shimmer {
  text-align: center;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
  background: gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(#222), to(#222), color-stop(0.5, #fff));
  background-size: 125px 100%;
  background-clip: text;
  animation-name: tshimmer;
  animation-duration: 8s;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: 0 0;
  background-color: #222;
}


@keyframes tshimmer {
  0% {
      background-position: top left;
  }
  40% {
      background-position: top right;
  }
  100% {
      background-position: top right;
  }
}