label halo

[tarawynne]

When putting a halo around labels, in order 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.

[deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if your halo is transparent, it would be ineffective. You can set the halo to No Color:

It might be more useful to set the halo to the same color as the buildings or even the basemap?

[tarawynne]

you're right. my wording is off.

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

[deleted-user-qpvAI3Fo0MKR]

AFAIK, the only way in include transparency in your labels is to convert them to #annotation - see here.