idea Set Text Halo Color with Text Formatting Tags in ArcGIS Pro Ideas https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idi-p/942698 <P>Currently we can set text color on each piece of text through the use of text formatting tags.&nbsp; This makes it very convenient to build blocks of text with text portrayed in different colors based on some attribute.&nbsp; It would be great to be able to control the text outline as well as halo color through the use of text formatting tags as well.&nbsp; This would allow for multiple halo colors per block of text which is not currently available in any capacity.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Sometimes a while halo works great, but when its used on yellow for example on a light background it makes it very hard to read the text.&nbsp; In this case I would want a dark halo around light colors, and light halo around dark colors within the same text element.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please consider implementing this so we can utilize attributes when creating text elements, labels, and annotation blocks of text.</P> Wed, 01 May 2024 17:52:55 GMT JohnHayes2 2024-05-01T17:52:55Z text formatting tags: halo https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idc-p/942885#M29855 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>it would be great to be able to add halos to part of label expression, example:</P><P></P><P>This is an &lt;halo&gt;IMPORTANT&lt;/halo&gt;&nbsp;place</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:48:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idc-p/942885#M29855 KariBuckvold 2018-08-10T17:48:31Z Set Text Halo Color with Text Formatting Tags https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idi-p/942698 <P>Currently we can set text color on each piece of text through the use of text formatting tags.&nbsp; This makes it very convenient to build blocks of text with text portrayed in different colors based on some attribute.&nbsp; It would be great to be able to control the text outline as well as halo color through the use of text formatting tags as well.&nbsp; This would allow for multiple halo colors per block of text which is not currently available in any capacity.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Sometimes a while halo works great, but when its used on yellow for example on a light background it makes it very hard to read the text.&nbsp; In this case I would want a dark halo around light colors, and light halo around dark colors within the same text element.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please consider implementing this so we can utilize attributes when creating text elements, labels, and annotation blocks of text.</P> Wed, 01 May 2024 17:52:55 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idi-p/942698 JohnHayes2 2024-05-01T17:52:55Z Re: Set Text Halo Color with HTML Tags https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idc-p/1123951#M18025 <P>QGIS has been able to do this for 8 year...</P><P><A href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/84324/how-to-add-a-halo-to-a-text-in-the-composer" target="_blank">https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/84324/how-to-add-a-halo-to-a-text-in-the-composer</A></P> Wed, 08 Dec 2021 18:23:31 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/set-text-halo-color-with-text-formatting-tags/idc-p/1123951#M18025 PRussell 2021-12-08T18:23:31Z