var TextDropShadow = new Class({
    options: {
        color: '#333',
        left: 1,
        top: 1,
        position: 'absolute'
    },
    initialize: function(obj, options){
        this.setOptions(options);
        this.createDropShadows(obj);
    },
    createDropShadows: function(obj){
        if ('element' == $type(obj)) {
            this.applyDropShadow(obj)
        }
        else 
            if ('array' == $type(obj)) {
                obj.each(function(el){
                    this.applyDropShadow(el);
                }, this);
            }
            else {
                return false;
            }
    },
    applyDropShadow: function(el){
        var original = el.clone();
        var shadow = el.clone();
        var offsetY = this.options.top ? this.options.top.toInt() : this.options.bottom.toInt();
        if (offsetY < 0) 
            offsetY = offsetY * (-1);
        var offsetX = this.options.left ? this.options.left.toInt() : this.options.right.toInt();
        if (offsetX < 0) 
            offsetX = offsetX * (-1);
        var container = new Element('div', {
            'styles': {
                position: 'relative',
                left: 0,
                top: 0,
                height: el.getSize().y + offsetY,
                width: el.getSize().x + offsetX
            }
        });
        original.setStyles({
            position: 'absolute',
            left: 0,
            top: 0
        });
        shadow.setStyles(this.options);
        container.adopt(shadow).adopt(original);
        container.injectAfter(el);
        el.dispose();
    }
});
TextDropShadow.implement(new Options, new Events);