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Variable
MATRIX_GLYPHS
effects/src/matrix.ts:29 ↗import { MATRIX_GLYPHS } from "@vfx-js/effects";Default glyph pool: half-width katakana (the look the film used) plus digits and a few symbols. Mirrored katakana isn't reproducible from a normal font, so these render upright.
const MATRIX_GLYPHS: "ハヒフヘホアイウエオカキクケコサシスセソタチツテトナニヌネノマミムメモヤユヨラリルレロワヲン0123456789Z:.\"=*+-<>|"