CSS Properties

text-shadow

CSS property · 7 supported, 0 partial, 8 unsupported across 15 clients

Client Support

Client	Category	Engine	Support
Gmail	webmail	Gmail Web	Unsupported
Gmail Android	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Unsupported
Gmail iOS	mobile	Gmail Mobile	Unsupported
Outlook 365	webmail	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook (New)	desktop	Outlook Web	Unsupported
Outlook Classic	desktop	Microsoft Word	Unsupported
Outlook iOS	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Unsupported
Outlook Android	mobile	Outlook Mobile	Unsupported
Apple Mail	desktop	WebKit	Supported
Apple Mail iOS	mobile	WebKit	Supported
Yahoo Mail	webmail	Yahoo	Supported
Samsung Mail	mobile	Samsung	Supported
Thunderbird	desktop	Gecko	Supported
HEY Mail	webmail	WebKit	Supported
Superhuman	desktop	Blink	Supported

Client-by-client behaviour for text-shadow

Fully supports text-shadow (7): Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Superhuman.

No support (8): Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android. Plan fallbacks for these clients before relying on text-shadow in production sends.

Fixes & Workarounds

Gmail

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Gmail Android

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Gmail iOS

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Outlook 365

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Outlook (New)

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Outlook Classic

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Outlook iOS

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Outlook Android

Unsupported

text-shadow is stripped by Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Use font-weight for emphasis.

Before

.glow {
  text-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
}

After

.glow {
  /* text-shadow is not supported in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo.
     Use font-weight or letter-spacing for emphasis instead. */
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: 0.5px;
}

Use font-weight or border-bottom as alternatives to text-shadow

Production guidance for text-shadow

text-shadow is a CSS property. Across the email client matrix, 7 of 15 tracked clients support it fully, 0 only partially, and 8 not at all. The clients most likely to require a workaround for this feature are Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS. Each of them needs a tailored fallback — see the per-client examples above for the specific code fix Emailens recommends.

When in doubt, ship a baseline that renders without text-shadow and treat it as progressive enhancement on clients where support is verified. Emailens automatically detects cross-client divergence on this feature when you preview an email, so you can see exactly which template paths break before a campaign goes out.

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Support data last updated Apr 27, 2026 · synced from caniemail.com via @emailens/engine.