CSS Text Shadow Property

CSS Text Shadow Property
 

CSS Text Shadow Property

CSS text-shadow is property used to add a shadow effect to text.

text look stylish ,attractive and sometimes easier to read.

Syntax of Text Shadow 


text-shadow: horizontal-shadow vertical-shadow blur-radius color;

✅ Horizontal  Shadow (Required)

  • Positive value  ➡  right
  • Negative value ➡  left

✅ Vertical Shadow (Required)

  • Positive value   ➡  down
  • Negative value  ➡  up

✅ Blur Radius (Optional)

  • Controls Softness of shadow
  • 0 ➡  sharp shadow

✅ Color (optional  but Recommended)

  • Defines shadow color

Why We Use Text Shadow

   Enhance website Ul
   Design attractive headings
 ✔  Create 3D or glowing effects.
   Improve text visibility

Real World Use

  • Website headings
  • Logo design
  • Hero section titles
  • Buttons
  • Banner text

Why Use Text-shadow

  1. Improve text visibility
  2. Create 3D effect
  3. Create glow effect
  4. Make headings stylish

CSS Text Shadow Property

Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px  blue;
}
 h2{
   text-shadow:2px 2px 2px pink;
 }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>CSS Text Shadow Property</h1>
<h2>https://webdesigningtheory.blogspot.com/ </h2>

</body>
</html>

CSS Text Shadow Property

Explain Program

Step  1] 

<!DOCTYPE html>

  • This declare the document type.
  • browser that the document is written in html

Step 2]  

<html>.... . </html>

  • html is the root element of the html page.
  •  Every thing inside it is part of the webpage.

Step 3]

<head>

  • <head> section  contains metadata and css styles,not visible content.

  • Contains styles, metadata and page setting 

Step 4

<style> tag Internal CSS Section

<style>
h1 {
  text-shadow: 2px 2px  blue;
}
 h2{
   text-shadow:2px 2px 2px pink;
 }

 Applies a text shadow all <h1> and <h2> element.

 ✔  2px   ➡   Horizontal shadow (moves right).

✔  2px   ➡   Vertical shadow (moves down).

✔  2px   ➡   Blue effect.

✔ Pink  ➡   Shadow color.
 

Step 5]

   Closing tag


<</style>
</head>

Step 6]

<body> section


<h1>CSS Text Shadow Property</h1>
<h2>https://webdesigningtheory.blogspot.com/ </h2>

  • <h1> displays  main heading with blue shadow.
  • <h2> display website link text with soft pink shadow.

Step 7]

closing the Tag

  </body>   </html>

CSS Text Shadow Property
Output

CSS Text Shadow Property


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