# Applying markdown to bound tag value in perspective

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**Created:** [November 6, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/applying-markdown-to-bound-tag-value-in-perspective/81569 "2023-11-06T19:37:56Z")\
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> [@BenInReno](#):
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> I would like to outline the returned value

The markdown should work as long as you get an expression that properly formats the html tags around it, but just in case I wanted to suggest an alternative that achieves an outline using `textShadow`, as in the following thread:

> [@Font Stroke Issue](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/font-stroke-issue/79224/5):
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> OK. You are talking about font stroke and fill. I don't think that's supported. See [How To Add Text Outline With CSS - Kinsta®](https://kinsta.com/blog/css-text-outline/#:~:text=Using%20the%20text%2Dstroke%20Property,add%20the%20%2Dwebkit%2D%20prefix). for details on this but I Designer seems to reject the Webkit style instructions. A simple solution is to use textShadow. Try the adding the following to the label's style properties: textShadow : black 0px 0px 4px [Shadow] [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Style+Reference#StyleReference-TextMenu](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Style+Reference#StyleReference-TextMenu)

Try just having a label with your number and add the following two items to `style`:

```auto
color: magenta
textShadow: black -1px 0px 1px, black 0px -1px 1px, black 1px 0px 1px, black 0px 1px 1px

```

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/b/cbbc80ad0e58c803ceb5c049dcbcdf892e98a1e4.png)

If you make the shadow any bigger than 1px you'll need to add in the corner shadows as well, but beyond 1px it usually looks a bit wrong anyway.

bonus with all corner shadows:

```auto
textShadow: black -1px -1px 1px, black -1px 1px 1px, black 1px -1px 1px, black 1px 1px 1px, black -1px 0px 1px, black 0px -1px 1px, black 0px 1px 1px, black 1px 0px 1px

```

```auto

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