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[Aaron113]

Something a little easier to both understand and do...

You can use surface.CreateFont to create two fonts.  One normal one and one with some blur.  Draw the text with the blur underneath and the one without the blur on top.
(UNTESTED, but it should work)

Code: Lua

1. surface.CreateFont("MyFont", {size=24, blursize=0})
2. surface.CreateFont("MyFont_Blurred", {size=24, blursize=0.3})
3.  
4. function SomeDrawFunction()
5.         surface.SetFontColor(0, 0, 255, 255)
6.  
7.         surface.SetFont("MyFont_Blurred")
8.         local w, h = surface.GetTextSize("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
9.         surface.SetPos(ScrW()/2-w/2, ScrH()/2-h/2)
10.         surface.DrawText("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
11.  
12.         surface.SetFont("MyFont")
13.         local w, h = surface.GetTextSize("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
14.         surface.SetPos(ScrW()/2-w/2, ScrH()/2-h/2)
15.         surface.DrawText("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
16. end
17. hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawGlowExample", SomeDrawFunction)

EDIT:  Sorry, I had my code wrong, fixed it for you.

EDIT2:  Some other functions you'll need...

player.GetAll()
Entity:GetPos()
Vector:ToScreen()
Player:Nick()
Player:GetUserGroup

[brycenmm]

Something a little easier to both understand and do...

You can use surface.CreateFont to create two fonts.  One normal one and one with some blur.  Draw the text with the blur underneath and the one without the blur on top.
(UNTESTED, but it should work)

Code: Lua

1. surface.CreateFont("MyFont", {size=24, blursize=0})
2. surface.CreateFont("MyFont_Blurred", {size=24, blursize=0.3})
3.  
4. function SomeDrawFunction()
5.         surface.SetFontColor(0, 0, 255, 255)
6.  
7.         surface.SetFont("MyFont_Blurred")
8.         local w, h = surface.GetTextSize("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
9.         surface.SetPos(ScrW()/2-w/2, ScrH()/2-h/2)
10.         surface.DrawText("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
11.  
12.         surface.SetFont("MyFont")
13.         local w, h = surface.GetTextSize("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
14.         surface.SetPos(ScrW()/2-w/2, ScrH()/2-h/2)
15.         surface.DrawText("THIS IS AN EXAMPLE")
16. end
17. hook.Add("HUDPaint", "DrawGlowExample", SomeDrawFunction)

EDIT:  Sorry, I had my code wrong, fixed it for you.

EDIT2:  Some other functions you'll need...

player.GetAll()
Entity:GetPos()
Vector:ToScreen()
Player:Nick()
Player:GetUserGroup

I'm completely ignorant with lua. Where do I put this stuff?? Where do I put it..?

[Livaco]

I'm completely ignorant with lua. Where do I put this stuff?? Where do I put it..?

cl_scoreboard.lua or cl_hud_score.lua

[Buzzkill]

cl_scoreboard.lua or cl_hud_score.lua

If you're going to copy/paste something I wrote, can you please include the entire context so it doesn't cause confusion?

something like cl_scoreboard.lua, cl_hud_score.lua, etc.. depending on your gamemode

[Livaco]

If you're going to copy/paste something I wrote, can you please include the entire context so it doesn't cause confusion?

What he asked where it goes

[Buzzkill]

What he asked where it goes

Do you know exactly which gamemode he's playing?  Or which menu system he is using?  If you direct him to specific files that don't exist, it creates the opportunity for all sorts of confusion that could be avoided by speaking in general terms (which is what I tried to do when I first referenced those two file names).