Some excellent advice here already! I’ll just add my 2 cents… 🙂
When a shadow or a “glow” doesn’t make the text stand out enough, you need to get a little more drastic. Think about it; what you’re really looking for is contrast. If you can’t read the text, it’s simply because your eyes are having a hard time picking it out from its surroundings. As others have already mentioned, your font choice will make a HUGE difference here.
So the question becomes, “How can I increase the contrast between the letters and the background, besides using a big bold font?” We have basically 2 options: make the font darker/lighter OR make the background darker/lighter. If we’ve made the font as bright or as dark as we can and still can’t see it well enough, then that means we have to work on the background.
Check out these examples.
As you can see, the 2nd thicker/bolder font does a MUCH better job at standing out. But the main difference is the change in the background which makes the text stand out more.
For some good examples of this technique, check out some of @bensharpeningcharacter’s work here:
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