alt Hacker NewsHere -- they were effects you could add on regular text:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RHbP2Q7A-Wg
(I still find it mind-boggling that Word 2000 runs mostly just fine on a MacBook with an entirely different OS and processor architecture via Whisky/Wine.)
Man, whenever I see nostaligic things like this I remember how instantly responsive computers used to feel. Good times.