JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id="elem">test</div>

CSS

#elem{
    font-size:100px;
}

JavaScript

var element = $('#elem');
$(element).delay(2000).css({"transform":"scale(0.5)",float:"left"}).animate({
    textIndent: 1
}, {
    duration: 1000,
    step: function (now, fx) {
        scaleVal = now;        
        fx.start = 0.5;
        $(this).css("transform", "scale("+scaleVal+")");
    }
});