Re: [Matplotlib-users] plot with drop shadow

[Alan G I. <ai...@am...>]

On 12/1/2008 7:27 PM Mike Hearne apparently wrote:
 > The long answer is:  I have a map with a varying background.  I'd like to be able to create a white drop-shadow 
behind darker text, so that the text can stand out reasonably clearly against most colored backgrounds.

OK.  I can imagine this. If I wanted a quick pass at
a cheap substitute for that kind of effect in PostScript, I'd
probably stroke the text outline in white and then fill
in the dark color.  Do not know if that is possible in mpl or
desirable for you.

 > The short answer is that my customers want it.

Reason enough.

Thanks,
Alan