[scribus] Using the Dropshadow Feature

David Burleigh david.burleigh at gmx.com
Wed Feb 28 18:03:39 UTC 2018


On Wed, 2018-02-28 at 12:44 -0500, Gregory Pittman wrote:
> On 02/28/2018 11:43 AM, David Burleigh wrote:
> > I'm trying to use the dropshadow feature to put a white blur
> > behind
> > black text so as to make it more readable when superimposed on an
> > image that isn't generally light enough to give sufficent contrast
> > to
> > the black text, but also not dark enough to make white text stand
> > out.
> > So I set the offset to 0 in both directions and the blur at .2
> > inches.
> > The effect is almost what I'm looking for, but white blur is not
> > white
> > enough, and I can't find a setting to strengthen it. Is there a
> > better
> > way to accomplish this effect?
> 
> If you're using a true white, then it's the background image that's
> the
> problem.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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Well, it's the white from the menu in the dropshadow section. Is there
no way to make the white blur effect more dense? 
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