I would like to add texts with halo, in the composer (not in the map). Do you know a way to do it?
I'm using QGIS 2.0.1
[GIS] How to add a halo to a text in the composer
labelingprint-composerqgis
Related Solutions
Halos are specified through the IMask interface which the TextSymbol class implements:
Dim pMask As IMask
Dim pMaskFillSymbol As IFillSymbol
Dim pMaskFillColor As IRgbColor
Set pMask = pTextSymbol ' your textsymbol
pMask.MaskStyle = esriMSHalo
pMask.MaskSize = 1 ' halo size
' red halo around text, modify to your desired color
Set pMaskFillSymbol = New SimpleFillSymbol
Set pMaskFillColor = New RgbColor
pMaskFillColor.Red = 255
pMaskFillColor.Green = 0
pMaskFillColor.Blue = 0
pMaskFillSymbol.Color = pMaskFillColor
Set pMask.MaskSymbol = pMaskFillSymbol
In the current version of QGIS (1.8) you will have to have three different label objects under each other. You can group the label items so that you can move them around as a block.
However in the latest dev version there is a new HTML labels feature that you could use to do this.
<h1>mmmm HTML label</h1>
<b>Some bold text</b>
<br><br>
<i>Some other text</i>
<p style="color:blue"><i>Some blue text</i></p>
Best Answer
Another, easy way to achieve the same as the buffer function in QGIS.DESKTOP is the following: