The text-shadow trick is really clever. I think a "progressive" version could be pretty cool. Just tried throwing that together real quick by changing the blur

The text-shadow trick is really clever. I think a "progressive" version could be pretty cool. Just tried throwing that together real quick by changing the blur radius in 0.5px increment. Needs some fine tuning (shadow color perhaps), but you get the idea: https://img.skitch.com/20120309-c323134j8wm7nc34pudf9r2nri.png https://img.skitch.com/20120309-c323134j8wm7nc34pudf9r2nri.p...