I'm guessing the original developers don't allow the font to be used by 3rd party devs?
If the backdrop was transparent the solid backing would be more visible, for example if the page is black before a transparent backdrop was placed over it, it would just make the backdrop darker, or look darker. So it would probably be best to make the backdrop its self darker heh.
Although it all depends how you want it to look, font color logo etc.
The last shot above is just the game screenshot (solid image) with Arial font overlay in html. ~ has no transparency.
So basically what you were saying, I think it would just look better if the backdrop was just a little darker and I agree.
Shot is slightly scaled in the post. If the shot is viewed in a seperate page it will allow zoom.
http://home.comcast.net/~mrrocket/etc/r … shot23.png