- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:06:18 -0800
- To: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Florian Rivoal <florianr@opera.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Nov 16, 2011, at 8:23 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: >> I think Shane is just talking about a design effect, not a image protection feature. Traditionally, watermarks were put into the paper, and could be lightly seen if you looked closely. For digital media, the equivalent would be a very light background. Shane's request is essentially to be able to have something like 'background-text' instead of just 'background-image'. > > If we're talking *that* style of effect, though, then the set of > things you'd want to control are essentially unbounded. You want > shadows, outlines, rotation, linebreak control, etc. I don't think > you can isolate a simple set of features that will address a large > enough fraction of the use-cases. I more or less agree, except that I believe we have had requests before for a 'background-text' sort of thing that could follow 'background-repeat', etc. I think the general effect could be achieved with "::before" in many cases.
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