Letter Fill In Coro RIP Tombstone

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Hi there looking for some advice.
I have a few Holiday Coro RIP Tombstones and want to have the R.I.P. fill in pixel by pixel letter by letter almost as if someone is writing it, I then want it to stay lit for a few seconds then blink and start over.  I have broken the model in 2 sub models, the outline of the stone and the RIP.  Any ideas how to do this would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!

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Use the fill effect on the submodel with setting a value curve on the position possibly with a single line render Style depending on how you wired your model or laid out your sub model.
Then you can follow that with an on effect just to keep it on and take your pick of many different effects to get the type of flash or blink that you want at the end or even use the Shimmer on the on effect.