You're a star. Thanks a million! --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Stephen Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could try playing around with the GlowFilter... > > <mx:Label text="Behold a border!" color="white" fontSize="36" > filters="{[new GlowFilter(0x000000,1,2,2,3,1)]}"/> > > > On 21 Sep 2007, at 12:19, beecee1977 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to overlay text so that it can be read regardless of the > > background colour (without putting a background behind the text > > itself). So basically I want the text to have a border around each > > character with a different colour - white with black surround for > > example. > > > > Any ideas how I'd approach this? Will it require a particular font or > > can I handle it from within Flex? > > > > Thanks in advance > > Bill >