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HTML

<span>text</span>

CSS

span {
    color: transparent;
    font-size: 100px; 
	text-shadow: 0 0 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
    transition: .3s;
    -webkit-transition: .3s;
}
span:hover{
    text-shadow: 0 0 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);
}