Adobe Illustrator - dashed line stroke-change orientation?

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dashed line stroke-change orientation?

Donna

2004-02-27, 9:28 am

Good morning all-I've been up since 3:00 am, so pls don't yell at me if I
have missed the obvious :-)

Assume the following: A capital san serif letter B, stroked with dashed
lines set at .02-.01.................. I would like for the dashed lines to
run parallel to the letter form. How can I make that happen and pls don't
tell me that I have to manually make them myself--gads.

Thanks for any help.

Oldylocks

2004-02-27, 1:28 pm

"Donna" <donnamcmSTOPSPAM@gain.com> wrote in message
news:103ugl9p3149f3c@corp.supernews.com...
> Good morning all-I've been up since 3:00 am, so pls don't yell at me if I
> have missed the obvious :-)
>
> Assume the following: A capital san serif letter B, stroked with dashed
> lines set at .02-.01.................. I would like for the dashed lines
to
> run parallel to the letter form. How can I make that happen and pls don't
> tell me that I have to manually make them myself--gads.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>

Convert the B to outlines, choose Object > Path > Offset Path and choose an
appropriate measurement for the offset (how many points do you want it to be
from the edge of the letter?). Recolor the new, bigger B and set its fill to
None. Then grab that new outlined B and dash the stroke. Sometimes the
corners get a little funky so you might have to adjust your spacing and
corners settings.

-Oldy

Donna

2004-02-27, 1:28 pm

Dead solid perfect--now the dashes are running the way I want them to. I
know about coverting to outlines and offset path--I had offset path, but I
forgot to convert to outlines. Duh--thanks so much.

"Oldylocks" <no> wrote in message news:103ut1h8o7c7p51@corp.supernews.com...
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> "Donna" <donnamcmSTOPSPAM@gain.com> wrote in message
> news:103ugl9p3149f3c@corp.supernews.com...
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> Convert the B to outlines, choose Object > Path > Offset Path and choose
an
> appropriate measurement for the offset (how many points do you want it to
be
> from the edge of the letter?). Recolor the new, bigger B and set its fill
to
> None. Then grab that new outlined B and dash the stroke. Sometimes the
> corners get a little funky so you might have to adjust your spacing and
> corners settings.
>
> -Oldy
>
>