ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING HANDWRITING ANIMATION

An electronic device for and a method of providing handwriting animation are provided. The electronic device includes an input and output interface configured to receive a text selection signal; and a management module configured to use vector data for stroke data on text to generate at least one piece of masking data, mask the stroke data with the masking data, and sequentially remove the masking data. The method includes checking vector data for stroke data on selected text; generating at least one piece of masking data from the vector data; masking the stroke data with the masking data; and sequentially removing the masking data.