This is why iReader is my favorite Chrome extension by far: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ppelffpjgkifjfgnba...

I stopped after few words. This is unreadable.

Or the "Would you like to see more?" facebook box that popped up when I was two inches into the article.

If you are really interested in the text, use the inspector, navigate to the #content div and then you can toggle the text-shadow on and off. I hope this helped!