> Is that a better explanation? Yep. If you think about how the border effect is created, the behavior makes sense. Basically you are working with a glyph, or a shape of the text. Stroking affects how that shape is filled. It does not change the shape itself. So the thickness has to move inward (so to speak).
I am no artist. But I think the effect you are looking for is often achieved by overlaying a smaller shape over a slightly larger one. Similar to creating a shadow effect. It should be possible to apply the same concept to text. But I would have to look around to see if that is the right way to approach it. Btw: It goes without saying if there is an existing library that supports text borders, by all means use it ;-) No reason to reinvent the wheel. But it is fun talking about how all this stuff works internally ;-) -Lei ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349978 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
