shadows applied front-to-back

Author: fantasai

css3-text/Overview.src.html

@@ -2662,15 +2662,17 @@ <h3 id="text-shadow"><span class="secno">8.3</span>
       of the shadow effect. If the color is not specified, a UA-chosen color
       will be used.</p>
 
-    <p>The shadow effects are applied in the order specified
-      <span class="issue">should this be changed to layer the same way
-      multiple backgrounds do (earlier on top)?</span>
-      and may thus overlay each other, but they never overlay the text 
-      itself. Shadow effects do not alter the size of a box, but may extend
-      beyond its boundaries. The shadow must be painted behind the element's
-      text but in front of its visible background. UAs should avoid painting
-      text shadows over text in adjacent elements belonging to the same stack
-      level and stacking context.</p>
+    <p>The shadow effects are applied front-to-back: the first shadow is on
+      top. The shadows may thus overlay each other, but they never overlay
+      the text  itself. Shadow effects do not alter the size of a box, but
+      may extend beyond its boundaries. The shadow must be painted behind the
+      element's text but in front of its visible background. UAs should avoid
+      painting text shadows over text in adjacent elements belonging to the
+      same stack level and stacking context.</p>
+
+    <p class="note">The painting order of shadows defined here is the opposite
+      of that defined in the 1998
+      <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2-19980512">CSS2 Recommendation</a>.</p>
 
   <h3 id="text-outline"><span class="secno">8.4</span>
     Text Outlines: the 'text-outline' property</h3>