From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
   Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 01:46:48 -0600 (MDT)

   > When we added the stipple feature, other programs typically used
   > stipple for this.  What do other GUI programs typically use for this
   > purpose nowadays?

Some (like Mozilla) use lighter gray color for text and stipple for
icons. Others (like OpenOffice) use embossed text (see attached
screenshot). I think that GTK does that too.  I do not have access to other
modern GUI programs right now.
-- 
Pavel Janík

/*
 * For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file.
 * We may have to extend the file.
 */
                  -- 2.4.0-test2 fs/buffer.c