Question I know there is probably an easy solution to this - how would I go about
applying a thick stroke to text to allow it to stand out (as we see in all sorts of
marketing out there) without compromising the fill of the word? (consuming the
fill)Any information would be appreciated!
Answer Hi Catherine,
You can achieve this stoke effect in several ways. Here's the best one in my opinion:
1. Type your text
2. Open the "Appearance" palette (if it's not already open) by going to the top menu and selecting "Window>Appearance" or simply by pressing Shift+F6.
3. select your text
4. On the appearance palette, click on the flyout menu (which is the small triangle at top right) then click "Add New Stroke". Now we have a stroke but it's not exactly what we need.
5. In the "Appearance" palette we need to change the order of the stroke to be behind the "Characters". To do so, click on the "Stroke" and drag it down until it's under the "Characters". Change the color of the text fill and stroke to your desire at this step.
6. Open the "Stroke" palette (if it's not already open) by going to top menu and selecting "Window>Stroke" or simply by pressing Shift+F10.
7. Change the stroke thickness to any number you like. Your text fill will stay as is no matter what stroke thickness you use.
By the way, you can add more strokes to the same text using the same method above but you have make sure that any new new stroke is thicker than the preceding ones and move it below the old ones (in the "Appearance" palette).
I hope that the above steps were easy to follow.
Please let me know if you need any further assistance.
