CSS Text Shadow
Text Shadow
The text-shadow property adds shadow to text.
In its simplest use, you only specify the horizontal shadow (2px) and the vertical shadow (2px):
Text shadow effect!
Example
h1
{
text-shadow: 2px 2px;
}
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Next, add a color (red) to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
Example
h1
{
text-shadow: 2px 2px red;
}
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Then, add a blur effect (5px) to the shadow:
Text shadow effect!
Example
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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Example 2
Text-shadow with red neon glow:
h1 {
text-shadow: 0 0 3px #ff0000;}
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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
h1 {
color: white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 25px blue, 0
0 5px darkblue;}
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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.
Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Change the text color of all <p> elements to "red".
<style>
p {
: red;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
</body>
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The CSS Text Shadow Property
Property
Description
text-shadow
Specifies the shadow effect added to text
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_text_shadow.asp