Text-Effect

The shadow text-effect draws a sharp shadow around the text.

Usage

the shadow text-effect
The above effect has been realized for the screen's title with the following settings:

title {
        text-effect: shadow;
        text-shadow-color: black; /* = default */
        layout: horizontal-center | horizontal-expand;
        font {
                face: proportional;
                size: large;
                style: bold;
                color: #eef1e5;
        }
        background {
                type: simple;
                color: #ffffffff;
        }
}	

Specific design attributes of shadow text-effect:

CSS Attribute  DefaultValuesExplanation
text-shadow-color black color definition The color of the shadow.
text-shadow-color: #333;
text-shadow-orientation bottom-right bottom-right, bottom-left, top-right, top-left, bottom, top, right, left Position of the shadow relative to the text.
text-shadow-orientation: bottom-left;
text-shadow-x 1 integer Sets the x-orientation in pixels of a shadow for the shadow font-effect. The text-shadow-orientation attribute is ignored when the x value is set directly. Positive x-values move the shadow towards the right.
text-shadow-x: -1;
text-shadow-y 1 integer Sets the y-orientation in pixels of a shadow for the shadow font-effect. The text-shadow-orientation attribute is ignored when the y value is set directly. Positive y-values move the shadow towards the bottom.
text-shadow-y: 2;

JavaDoc

ShadowTextEffect.