Weird static-y appearance of object

Question

I'm working on some motion graphics that involves making text appear from behind objects and other text.

I was able to get the first word appear correctly using empties, texture mapping, and mix shaders. (I've been following this tutorial.)

However, when I attempted to use the same method, the second word ends up looking like this:

Does anyone know why this is/how I could fix it? I want the second word (Tech) to disappear/appear behind the first word (VES in the screenshot).

Materials:

Background surface is a plane set to Emission, Strength 2.0
First word (VES in the screenshot): Text object, node setup:
Second word (Tech in the screenshot, static-y): Text object, node setup:

It seems like Z-fighting (related question), which occurs when both words are semi-/visible. Are the letters located on top of each other? — Mr Zak, Dec 21 '15 at 20:13
@MrZak Yeah, that's kinda what I was thinking. And yes, they are on top of each-other — RPiAwesomeness, Dec 21 '15 at 20:45
@stacker But the thing is that I need the text to slide out from behind the first text object. I've updated my question. — RPiAwesomeness, Dec 21 '15 at 21:18
@stacker No, I just typed it. I did scale up the other one manually, but AFAIK I just typed it. — RPiAwesomeness, Dec 21 '15 at 21:34
@RPiAwesomeness Just move one of the text objects slightly along the y-axis. so that they don't overlap exactly. — stacker, Dec 21 '15 at 21:52
@stacker That worked great. If you could post that as an answer I will glad upvote and accept :) — RPiAwesomeness, Dec 23 '15 at 02:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 24 '15 at 09:54

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Both text objects are located at exactly the same y-coordinate (0). To fix this move one of the text objects slightly along the y-axis after that the z-fighting artifacts will disappear.

answered Dec 24 '15 at 09:54

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