Google KILLING font smoothing(class) in version 14.0.835.18 dev-m (14.0.833 and up) Google has killed how text-shadow works. We think that previous to this version, text-shadow started just at the inner part of the text, now it doesn't. by nicktheandroid August 05, 2011 HTML <div class="h1">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</div> <div class="h2">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</div> <div class="h3">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</div> <div class="h4">abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz</div> CSS body {font:48px/48px arial;} .h1 { } .h2 { text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #000; } .h3 { text-shadow: 0 1px 1px #fff; } .h4 { text-shadow:0 0 0 transparent, 0 1px 1px #000; }