PLEASE Add: Outline Text Object With A Color!!!

<font size="5">PLEASE Add: Outline Text Object With A Color!!!</font>

Hi,

After a few frustrating months with "GameMaker: Studio",

I left it in search of something better.

I stumbled upon your "Construct 2" and bought it.

It's much easier to use than GM:S.

I need SCIRRA "Construct 2" team to add the following necessary function:

• Outline text object with a color!

Above is a need, not a want.

JeZ+Lee

Look at this screenshot:

<img src="http://16bitsoft.com/V2/Files/RocksInSpace_Alpha1/RIS_Title_Alpha1.png" border="0" />

The "Press [Spacebar] To Start!" text is difficult to read...

In lieu of font outlines you could display the text twice, one in black, and over the top of it in white, moved the black text down 2 pixels and left 2 pixels to create a faux shadow?

This might be a nice to have I guess, but I'd much rather Scirra spend their valuable time on more pertinent issues.

If you'll look at the top there is a search box.

This was the first thing a search for "outline" returned.

In lieu of font outlines you could display the text twice, one in black, and over the top of it in white, moved the black text down 2 pixels and left 2 pixels to create a faux shadow?i,

I tried adding a second text with black color

and positioned it with an x,y offset of 1 or 2.

Just does not look good in my eyes as the developer.

I've got 15+ years C++ programming experience.

(I also hand built an HTML5/JS 2D game engine before)

How hard would it be to write a JS script to be read by "Construct 2"

to draw a white text with a black outline in JS script??

Let me know!

JeZ+Lee

CSS comes to my mind.

Not an easy solution, but hopefully this CSS plugin will do the trick:

scirra.com/forum/topic62115.html

As I mentioned in the other thread, you can create a spritefont and use ths spritefont plugin.

CSS won't work as the text is on the canvas not in the DOM.