Disable underline for lowercase characters: g q p j y?

Question

Sometimes you don\'t want an underline blindly cutting through an underlined page title!
Is there a way to automatically elegantly disable underline for

Answer 1

Here is my solution:

Working Fiddle

CSS:

h1, h2 {
  background-image: linear-gradient(to top, transparent 0px, transparent .15em, red .15em, red calc(.15em + 1px), transparent calc(.15em + 1px), transparent 100%);
  text-shadow: 0px -2px 3px white, 0px -2px 3px white, 0px -2px 3px white, 0px -2px 3px white, 0px -2px 3px white, 0px -2px 3px white;
}