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().size.y + offsetY,
                     width: el.getSize().size.x + offsetX
               }
         });

         original.setStyles({position: 'absolute', left: 0, top: 0});
         shadow.setStyles(this.options);
                  
         container.adopt(shadow).adopt(original);
         container.injectAfter(el);
         el.remove();
      }
});
TextDropShadow.implement(new Options, new Events);