topic Re: label halo in ArcMap Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335217#M767 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>AFAIK, the only way in include transparency in your labels is to convert them to <A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/tag/annotation/tg-p">#annotation</A> - see <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/63248">here</A>.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:30:34 GMT deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR 2018-08-02T14:30:34Z label halo https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335214#M764 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>When putting a halo around labels, in order&nbsp;for dark text to stand out against a dark background, is there anyway of making the halo transparent? my labels are building name text and I don't want to completely block out the building underneath.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:45:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335214#M764 tarawynne 2018-07-31T14:45:01Z Re: label halo https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335215#M765 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Correct me if I'm wrong, but if your halo is transparent, it would be ineffective. You can set the halo to No Color:</P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" height="479" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/416777_pastedImage_1.png" width="424" /></P><P>It might be more useful to set the halo to the same color as the buildings or even the basemap?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:16:50 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335215#M765 deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR 2018-08-02T14:16:50Z Re: label halo https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335216#M766 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>you're right. my wording is off.</P><P>I suppose what im looking for is someway to get the dark text to stand out against the dark buildings.so a halo that has a color but is slightly transparent that you can see the outline of the buildings underneath</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:24:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335216#M766 tarawynne 2018-08-02T14:24:40Z Re: label halo https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335217#M767 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>AFAIK, the only way in include transparency in your labels is to convert them to <A href="https://community.esri.com/t5/tag/annotation/tg-p">#annotation</A> - see <A _jive_internal="true" href="https://community.esri.com/thread/63248">here</A>.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 14:30:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcmap-questions/label-halo/m-p/335217#M767 deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR 2018-08-02T14:30:34Z