local shadow_size = 10
local shadow_passes = 10

local shadow_color = Color(0, 0, 0, 255)

local function CreateFont(name, params)
    params.additive = true
    params.antialias = true

    surface.CreateFont( name, params )

    params.additive = false
    params.blursize = shadow_size

    surface.CreateFont( name .. "_shadow", params )
end

CreateFont( "my_font", { font = "Verdana", size = 800, weight = 800} )

local function DrawText = function(text, font, x, y, color, ...)

    for i = 1, shadow_passes do
        draw.DrawText(text, ("%s_shadow"):format(font), x, y, shadow_color, ...)
    end

    draw.DrawText(text, font, x, y, color, ...)
end}