title: Large Text Shadow on Android
body: <p>I have an app where I am trying to add text shadow to a TextView. The problem is: the shadow is always very thin. I'd like it to be thicker.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to generate "memes", as some of you might know from the "fun sites" on the internet. My goal is something like this font:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4324188_460s.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4324188_460s.jpg</a></p>
  
  <p>I am using the same exact font, Impact. The problem is, when I add a black border shadow, the shadow is not visible enough and it's not wide enough. It's barely barely noticeable.</p>
  
  <p>I am defining a FrameLayout, with the picture on the bottom and two text fields, one on the top and one on the bottom. The shadow is barely visible for both of them.</p>
  
  <p>I have been using the parameters, shadowDy, shadowDx, etc. I know the shadowRadius is the parameter that actually defines the border size, but I have been experimenting both with values above 1 and below 1, and I can't seem to get any good results. There are minimal changes in size and shadow density, but nothing useful.</p>
  
  <p>I have considered another option, which is a last resort, which is drawing the text twice, a bigger black font in the BG and align the character spacing so that the black text becomes the shadow of the white text on the front.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance !</p>