CSS Text Shadow
Text Shadow
The text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal and the vertical shadow.
In addition, you can add a shadow color and blur effect.
Text shadow effect!
Next, add a color (red) to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
Example
Horizontal and vertical shadow, with color:
h1
{
text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}
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Then, add a blur effect (5px) to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
Example
Horizontal and vertical shadow, with color and blur effect:
h1
{
text-shadow: 2px 2px 5px red;
}
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More Text Shadow Examples
Example 1
Text-shadow on a white text:
h1 {
color: white;
text-shadow: 2px 2px 4px #000000;
}
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Multiple Shadows
The text-shadow property
also accepts multiple shadows for an element. Define each shadow in a
comma-separated list.
The two examples below shows how to add two and three shadows to an <h1> element.
Example 3
Text-shadow with red and blue neon glow:
h1 {
text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000, 0 0 5px #0000ff;
}
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Example 4
Text-shadow with black, blue and red neon glow:
h1 {
color: white;
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0
0 5px red;
}
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Tip: Go to our CSS Fonts chapter to learn about how to change fonts, text size and the style of a text.
Tip: Go to our CSS Text Effects chapter to learn about different text effects.
The CSS Text Shadow Property
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| text-shadow | Specifies the shadow effect added to text |
