Text offset? Shadow?

[Linda G]

How do I create this text effect in InDesign? I tried drop shadow, but can't seem to get the right result.

 

[Jongware]

Add a thin white stroke to your text (in addition to your shadow, not instead of).

[Gusgsm · Accepted solution]

The way to go if you want to keep the text easily editable is what you and _Jongware say, by using in the background a drop shadow with no blurr and a white [paper] stroke. And it most cases that will be perfect.

But, you've got to remember that the drop shadow is a pìxel-based effect, not a vector one. That means that in some cases (creating a light weight PDF for the web, for instance) that will show it's true face and you could have something like the image shown above (upper text) and not a cripsy one.(lower text), made by copy-pasting the box under the original.

In paper printing, in most cases, that would be irrelevant, but just in case.

Best regards

[Linda G]

Thanks, Gusgsm! I finally got what I wanted. Perfect.

Sorry, newbie and still learning... slowly.

Thanks!