This CSS script may come in handy if you want to add a bit of contrast to your text against a busy patterned background or whatnot. Copy the following into the body, table, or p section of your CSS stylesheet

text-shadow: whatever-colour-you-want 2px 2px 2px;

The numbers represent the left margin, top margin, and hardness of the shadow respectively.

Here's an example of the shadow text!