It depends on the image. If the image has a lot of detailed and mixed contrast, Marty's approach may be the best. However, if there is a dark area or light area, you want your type to be a decent contrast of that. A drop shadow on the text should work fine. I'm pretty sure you can apply a drop shadow to a field in such a way that the text itself has a drop shadow.
Bob On Oct 9, 2012, at 11:56 AM, Timothy Miller wrote: > Hello, > > I want to display a line of text -- in a field, over a photo. The loc of the > field will scroll down. I want the text to be as legible as possible, but the > photo will vary. I'm wondering about the best way to make the text legible. > > What do you suggest? > > --A black font with a white outline? Or white font with a black outline? Can > someone recommend such a font? > > --Maybe a field with a semi-transparent white background? If this is > recommended, I can't quite figure out how to set the background of a field to > a semi-transparent color. A fuzzy edge around such a background would be even > better. Suggestions? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
