- From: Brian Manthos <brianman@microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 01:27:49 +0000
- To: Simon Fraser <smfr@me.com>, Jordan OSETE <jordan.osete@gmail.com>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
> From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On > Behalf Of Simon Fraser > The problem with spread radius, which we already discussed in the context > of box-shadow, is whether it makes sharp corners rounded. This is especially > problematic with border-radius, because you have a potential discontinuity > between zero border radius causing spread to retain sharp corners, and a any > small, but non-zero radius resulting in in a shadow with obviously rounded > corners. > > I think people will be more sensitive to this in the context of text, and that > text stroke gives a more predictable visual result. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-text/ http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-text/#text-shadow These two drafts agree: "<shadow> is the same as defined for the ‘box-shadow’ property except that the ‘inset’ keyword is not allowed." Simon, are you suggesting that the current text-shadow spec should be reconsidered *or* that text-outline should stay alive because of the distinction? (Or both?) - Brian
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