Transparent text with text-shadow in IE

Question

When using color: rgba(255,255,255,0.0); in conjunction with text-shadow: 0px 0px 2px rgba(255,255,255,1);, Internet Explorer seems to inherit the

Answer 1

I am not 100% sure if this is what you are asking, but IE9 and below doesn't support text-shadow property. In IE10 and IE11 your fiddle looked the same as in latest Chrome.

I would suggest using conditionals to target IE9 / IE8 / IE7 and serve plain text.