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Hi. Is there some way to get the text on the start Menu to show a shadow or outline? Im running Win 7 64 and have Skin studio 7.

I appreciate any help. Thanks.

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Xiandi

Join Date 07/2007

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There are a couple ways to tackle that.

You can change the font that is currently being used for the start menu, or you can create a new font and then set the start menu to use it.

Either way, you will need to do that in the 'Change Skin Fonts' section of Skinstudio.

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Thanks. I did that but still no shadow.

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BoXXi

Join Date 03/2001

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you have to change how much shadow you want showing by changing the "X" and "Y" coordinates of the shadow. set them both to 1 to start off with. (it's called "shadow offset")

I hope this helps.

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Still won't work. My Info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.3
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.3

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.19 (build 292 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to Intel(R) HD Graphics

Wblind.dll     2010/10/21 12:50:20
Wblind64.dll     2010/10/21 12:50:09
Wbsrv.dll     2010/08/09 13:03:56
SevenConfig.exe     2010/09/23 14:59:27
Wbload.exe     2010/09/07 16:02:35
Wbhelp.dll     2010/09/07 16:02:34
Tray.dll          2010/04/01 07:44:19
Wbload.dll          2010/04/27 10:10:25
Screen.exe     2010/05/26 10:18:43

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Xiandi

Join Date 07/2007

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Which skin are you trying to do it on?

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danioc

Join Date 07/2001

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To have custom fonts (that support shadows) in you start menu you have to set the fonts on the panels sections and remove any font settings from the start menu "menu item" section as they cannot be used together.

One point: Set font on the start menu panels instead of set them on the menu items is not the best method as this is the old XP way, Windows Vista and Windows 7 skin the start menu in a different way and also threat its fonts in a different way, use the old method can cause issues in other areas that will use the same font settings (Jump lists and All programs list for example), I would use the text setting directly in the start menu panel only if really necessary.

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some great info, unfortunately another wiki opportunity lost.

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