title: CSS text-decoration: reverse
body: <p>I'm surprised that there is no "text-decoration: reverse" in CSS as it seems very awkward to achieve using JavaScript. I.E. set the element's foreground and background color to the background and foreground of the parent respectively. </p>
  
  <p>I noticed JavaScript techniques for that <a href="http://www.ruzee.com/blog/2006/07/retrieving-css-styles-via-javascript/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a></p>
  
  <p>Surely it's not that complicated?</p>