I agree with you, the existing "opaque box" option is so ugly it's useless – and it doesn't even scale properly with the text if you use horizontal and/or vertical text stretching (needed for anamorphic videos).
The only way, so far, to make such text more readable is making the outline thicker. I have quite a good amount of experience with DVD Subtitles and I dare to say, for good readability in all cases, the outline should have about the same thickness as the actual letters, maybe only very slightly less. And of course, a pink outline with a white letter is a mediocre choice.
I don't know how hard it would be to implement a proper nice box for subtitles but I'd reckon, it should be doable without touching the existing specs but rather just extending them.
Last edited by TheSkiller; 30th July 2012 at 13:21.
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