- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 10:47:12 -0700
- To: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Cc: Koji Ishii <kojiishi@gluesoft.co.jp>, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:38 AM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net> wrote: >>> I suggest we remove the 'text-outline' property -- 'text-shadow' >>> should cover it. >> >> I don't have answer to this question, sorry again -- fantasai? > > I have no problem with that. It was even marked as a suggestion in the > draft already. ;) I'd disagree with this - text-shadow isn't an adequate replacement for a real outline/stroke. Shadows do a half-job, but you need 4 or 8 shadows in your code to do it, and they lose detail in a way that's pretty bad for some fonts. Brad had a really good diagram showing the distinction between shadow and outline, and just how much better a real outline looks in some situations. ~TJ
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