# Transparent text and photoshop

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-text-and-photoshop/121962>\
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**Created:** [September 9, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-text-and-photoshop/121962 "2004-09-09T01:17:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![GOLGO\_13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@GOLGO\_13](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GOLGO_13)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-text-and-photoshop/121962/1 "2004-09-09T01:17:01Z")

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**hello!**  
in the new site layout i’m working on, i want to be able to globably change colors using CSS. so… i’ve got a few pieces of text _(headings)_ that i want to be able to save as transparent gifs, and have them look good against a variety of different colors. (example: white text against a black, red, brown, or grey backgrounds)

i know in PS7 in the “save for web” option, you can select a matte color, to make sure the text comes out crisp… but that means the text will always have a slight colored outline.

and if you DONT save it with that… boy does the text look jagged and UGYLY!

\*\*are there any other options for gettting clear, crisp text that looks good against a variety of differnt background colors, without going to 100% html text? \*\*

the other suggestion i’ve gotten is to look into PNG format… but i dont know that much about that image format - **like browser support**. anythoughts on that? (guess i’ll start googling it now…)