Cheap "Text Effect" Tricks: Part 7

Style sheets enable you to format text effects for shadows, drop shadows and glowing characters.

Experiment with the variables to see which effect works best for the design you are creating. The filter variable are: shadow, dropshadow and glow

Below we have used the "shadow" filter variable with an inline style applied to the TD tag and external style sheet (recommended). If you are not familiar with the different methods of CSS and how or when to use them, be sure to read our article, "External, Internal or Inline? Which Method is Best?"

Inline:
<table>
<tr><td style="filter:shadow(color=#FF0000)">YOUR TEXT HERE</td></tr>
</table>

External (add code to your external style sheet and assign the custom class to the TD tag):
.shadow { filter:shadow(color=#FF0000);}

Assign the TD tag with class="shadow"
<table>
<tr><td class="shadow">YOUR TEXT HERE</td></tr>
</table>

You can of course change the variable to dropshadow or glow and change the color code.