Thought I had solved it, but using the xml from FM 07 doesn't work
I created a settings folder in my documents/sports interactive/football manager 2008, and settings.xml, but all it seems to do is add the shadows to the text, the other stuff doesn't work.
Changing attribute colours does work however, but the colours I used on 07 don't work very well anyway.
<pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre"><!-- TOOLTIP PROPERTIES --><flags id="hnfn" value="fonts/verabd" comment="hint font"/><integer id="hnst" value="0"/><!-- Style --><integer id="hnss" value="12"/><!-- Font size --><!-- TITLE PROPERTIES --><flags id="tlfn" value="fonts/verabd" comment=" title font "/><integer id="tlss" value="17"/><!-- Large font size --><integer id="tlsn" value="15"/><!-- Normal font size --><integer id="tlsl" value="9"/><!-- Small font size --><!-- MENU PROPERTIES --><flags id="mnfn" value="fonts/verabd" comment=" popup menu font "/><integer id="mnss" value="8"/><!-- Small font size --><integer id="mnsn" value="10"/><!-- Normal font size --><integer id="mnsl" value="14"/><!-- Large font size --><!-- BUTTON PROPERTIES --><flags id="cnfn" value="fonts/verabd" comment=" Button Font "/><integer id="cnss" value="8"/><!-- Small font size --><integer id="cnsn" value="12"/><!-- Normal font size --><integer id="cnsl" value="14"/><!-- Large font size --><!-- TEXT PROPERTIES --><flags id="txfn" value="fonts/verabd" comment=" Text font "/><integer id="txss" value="8" /><!-- text size small --><integer id="txsn" value="10" /><!-- text size normal --><integer id="txsl" value="12" /><!-- text size large --></pre>