UILabel effect size

[nah0y]

Hi !

That would be really great if we could set a size for the effects outline and shadows from the UILabel object. Currently it takes a size of 1. But we need to make an outline of 3-4 pixels around a label...

I've tried modifiying the UILabel code to do that, but it seems that to do the outline, you're applying a shadow along 4 axes, and when I set to a size of 5 for examples, I have no outline, but an odd shadow around the 4 axes (up down left and right)

Maybe you could tell me how do to it properly ?

Thanks

[ArenMook]

The outline and shadow effects are done by drawing the text multiple times, so I would not advise to use it to make the outline thicker. Better approach would be to bake this effect in Photoshop, or use a special approach with a custom shader using alpha-tested magnification. That would be this approach: http://www.tasharen.com/forum/index.php?topic=410.msg2004#msg2004

[nah0y]

Hum thanks for the answer but I'll stick with a new font in Photoshop

Much more easy to do ^^