Question: what font styles and effects are good for making text stand out?
Answer: 1 – High-Contrast Outer Glow. Putting a black Outer Glow effect on the text certainly makes it stand out well, but this font style looks very unrealistic - it's just not natural for things to exude a black glow. ... 
2 – "Colour C" Font Style. ... 
3 – Black Outline. ... 
4 – No Font Style. ... 
5 – Solid Shadow. ... 
6 – Darkened Area.