On 27/4/10 07:14, Judy Wilson wrote: > I am trying to take a piece of text, make a white copy to make a shadow > which I have slightly blurred with the Object Fill and Stroke tool, but > when I select one, hold down the shift key to have both selected, then > Group them, the white shadow loses it blur. > > What am I missing? Thanks! It's a known bug in Inkscape: Bug #243729 “Grouping blurred text removes blur”: <https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/243729> reported workarounds: a) move the group and then move it back b) move the group and then undo (Ctrl+Z) hth, ~suv