function dropShadow(shadow,shade,offset,type){

	var color = [getStyle(shadow,"background-color"),getStyle(shadow,"color"),shade];
	var container = (type=="box") ? document.createElement("div") : document.createElement("span");
	var els = [container,shadow];
	var content = shadow.childNodes;

	switch(type){
		case "box":
			container.appendChild(shadow.cloneNode(true));
			for(x=0;content.length>x;x++){
				shadow.removeChild(shadow.childNodes[x]);
			}	
			for(x=0;els.length>x;x++){
				els[x].style.color = color[1];
				els[x].style.position = "relative";
				if(x==0){
					els[x].style.width = getStyle(shadow,"width");
					els[x].style.backgroundColor = color[0];
				} else {	
					els[x].style.margin = offset[0]+"px "+offset[1]+"px";
					els[x].style.backgroundColor = color[2];
				}
			}
			break;
		case "text":	
			for(x=0;content.length>x;x++){
				deep = (content[x].childNodes) ? true : false;
				container.appendChild(content[x].cloneNode(deep));
			}				
			for(x=0;els.length>x;x++){
				els[x].style.position = (x==0) ? "absolute" : "relative";
				els[x].style.color = color[x+1];						
			}
			break;
	}

	for(x=0;els.length>x;x++){
		els[x].style.top = (x==0) ? (offset[0]*-1)+"px" : offset[0]+"px";
		els[x].style.left = (x==0) ? (offset[1]*-1)+"px" : offset[1]+"px";
	}
	shadow.appendChild(container);


	function getStyle(obj,style){
		if(obj.currentStyle){
			return obj.currentStyle[style];
		} else if(window.getComputedStyle) {
			return document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(obj,null).getPropertyValue(style);
		}	
	}

}