This is a quickie that I got the idea for from CoolType.

Start with some text and make a duplicate	I used a 80pt roostheavy in a 250x100RGB with antialias 3	c-N c-T a-D
Gaussian-Blur the duplicate	I used 5.0 but you might need more for a bigger picture	s+a-B
Run Difference on U-1 and U-2		s+a-D
Invert U-2 and add it to U-1		a-I, a-A
Composite U-4 on U-3 with U-1 as a mask		a-C
Now play around with the gamma settings.	I use BCG with the Auto Apply. I used R=1.0, G=0.7, B=3.5	a-G, (map/ BCG)

This doesn't really show up in a small picture like this but with more accuracy you get a better looking picture, looks nice in print.