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ipanema451
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March 18, 2026
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paths not showing stroke accurately

  • March 18, 2026
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I have paths that are behaving strangely.  If I select a path, and change the stroke from 1 to 10 for example, it thickens as expected.  If I change the stroke to 2, it shows a 2 stroke.  If I change to 1, it is a one stroke.  HOWEVER, if I change it to .75, .5, or .25, the thickness still shows as 1…  to clarify, I cant make these strokes less than 1 (even though they show as .25 or whatever) in the info...

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    Anubhav M
    Community Manager
    Anubhav MCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 18, 2026

    Hello ​@ipanema451 

     

    Thanks for reaching out. I tried to replicate this issue on my end but could not. Would you mind confirming the exact version of the OS/Illustrator installed, if this happens with all files, and a brief screen recording of your workflow and the problem, so we can check this with the team?

     

    Looking forward to hearing from you.
    Anubhav

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    ipanema451Author
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    March 18, 2026

    I am on the latest version of illustrator running on the latest version of mac os.  It does not happen on every file, just this file.  Here is a screen recording...

    Kurt Gold
    Community Expert
    Kurt GoldCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 18, 2026

    Please share a sample Illustrator file for inspection (.ai).

     

    Probably some stroke attributes are applied at the Layer level or Group level and thus overwriting the attributes of the subordinated objects.

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    lgrovers
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    March 18, 2026

    Are you using an RGB file? 

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