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Need some assistance with adding a stroke effect to text
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| Brock_Rockwell@adobeforums.com 2006-08-23, 10:38 pm |
| When I type a word and then select stroke with a 10 pt weight, the stroke overlaps the text? I'm new to Illustrator, but in Photoshop when you add a stroke to text, the stroke begins on the edges of the text and goes outward. In Illustrator the stroke beg
ins on the outside of the text and goes INWARD? Could someone explain to me how to add a stroke that doesn't cover the text it's being applied to?
Thank you.
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| Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com 2006-08-23, 10:38 pm |
| Appearance paltte, select Add New Stroke from the palette menu and drag the stroke below the Characters line.
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| Brock_Rockwell@adobeforums.com 2006-08-24, 3:44 am |
| When I open the Appearance palette, I don't see an option for "Add New Stroke"?
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| Bert Philippus 2006-08-24, 6:58 am |
| Then they shorted you when you got Illustrator.
Try clicking on the little arrow at the top right of the palette.
Bert
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| Brock_Rockwell@adobeforums.com 2006-08-25, 3:57 am |
| Right, the little arrow works. I know how to apply a stroke, heck why not just go to the Stroke tab directly instead of using the Appearance tab. My problem is when you add a thick stroke, something like a 10 pt stroke to some text, the new stroke overlap
s the text. Meaning if you add a thick enough stroke like 20 pt, you can even see the original text anymore.
How do I get the stroke to go outward and not overlap the text like in Photoshop?
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| CJC Williams 2006-08-25, 7:01 pm |
| Select the stroke in the appearance pallette and offset it using the effects/paths/offset path dialog.
Enter a distance into the box of half of your stroke width using points; so for a 10pt stroke enter 5pt into the offset box
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| Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com 2006-08-25, 7:01 pm |
| Brock said:
How do I get the stroke to go outward and not overlap the text like in
Photoshop?
I said:
Appearance paltte, select Add New Stroke from the palette menu and drag
the stroke below the Characters line.
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| Brock_Rockwell@adobeforums.com 2006-08-25, 7:01 pm |
| CJC...thanks for the help. I set the Stroke at 10 pt and set the Offset Path at .05 in...that's much better, but it still covers the text slightly. Is there any Stroke/Offset Path formula to make sure the stroke doesn't cover any of the text? So that the
stoke begins on the border of the text and goes outward.
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| Scott_Falkner@adobeforums.com 2006-08-25, 7:01 pm |
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I set the Stroke at 10 pt and set the Offset Path at .05 in
..05 in is 3.6 pt. Use 5 pt for your offset. Or set the stroke to 20 and put it behind the fill.
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| Teri Pettit 2006-08-26, 6:40 pm |
| Putting the stroke behind the text characters is much more reliable than using Offset Path.
It's been recommended several times. It sounds like you are just guessing that adding a new stroke via Add New Stroke in the Appearance palette and by using the Stroke palette will do the same thing (they don't), and discounting the perfectly workable sug
gestions.
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