[Pdubbbs]

There is a vague plan to remove our home brew subtitle rendering and use libass for text subtitles, so if that ever comes into being then this maybe possible.

Not vague I just didn't find yet free time to start working on it. But yes, things like this will definitely be possible with minimum effort

Hey can you give us an update?  It has been over a year on this "minimum effort" feature! I think there are a tonne of people that would like to see this that aren't finding this post, or have an account. So it's def more than 6 people! I am really surprised that with all the things kodi can customize, that this isn't possible. VLC subtitles look so much better and sleek. The black border on the fonts is not visible when it is below the video in the black area, so whenever that is the case I am happy. I  have a feeling KODI 19 will not address this issue ;(