Scripting Request: Text Outlines

[Crow]

Originally Posted by xXziroXx

First one looks best

It really depends on what you want the outcome to look like. The first method will make angular fonts more round (using Arial in this example), which is an undesired effect sometimes. Second one doesn't look too bad, compared to the third one, and should work well on smaller sizes.

[Tigairius]

Originally Posted by Crow

Here's a sample:


The first two ones use only four text controls. First one is adding shadows at top, left, bottom and right, second one is adding them at top left, bottom left, bottom right, top right. Third one has them all.

Even if Stefan only added something like outlinetext = true; where we couldn't specify thickness, it would be better than nothing.

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Tigairius

Even if Stefan only added something like outlinetext = true; where we couldn't specify thickness, it would be better than nothing.

Aye.

[Unkownsoldier]

What exactly are you trying to accomplish with outline text? In what event would it be used? If it was pretty much anything but player-chat text, couldn't you just make an image? and use that instead? Of course it would be annoying, but good things take work.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Unkownsoldier

What exactly are you trying to accomplish with outline text? In what event would it be used? If it was pretty much anything but player-chat text, couldn't you just make an image? and use that instead? Of course it would be annoying, but good things take work.

Increases readability of text ten-fold and also looks way better than naked text.