Hi,
I've been exploring Drop Shadows, played with it, and understand it. It's just that I'm getting a blurred kind of shadow, when I want a sharp, defined letter underneath. Maybe I'm setting up the wrong effect..
Taking the letter A in 72 pt (font doesn't matter, process does), here is what I want to do:
Make the A black.
Make the stroke around the A 2 pt of white.
Set up another A behind it, about 2pt "southeast" of the original A. This shadow A is 50% grey in both fill and stroke, and the edges need to be sharp, not blurred.
The result is a "carved" effect.
I set up the drop shadow's opacity for 100%, instead of 75%, thinking that would give it a sharp edge, but it's still blurred.
Right now I'm doing this with two separate As, and I can't get the shadow exact for each page it will be on. InDesign has to be able to do this; I'd just like to know how. It's a very cool look, and will be even more cool if I can get it to look consistent.
Thanks!