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leethestrange86
leethestrange86
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September 5, 2017
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Selecting only one stroke

  • September 5, 2017
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Hey guys, I am a total noob and am trying to teach myself Illustrator by using tutorials online.  I am trying to follow this tutorial: How To Create an Editable Retro Text Style in Illustrator  but I get stuck where it says to select the second stroke and move it below the first stroke.

When I try to select one of the strokes I created, Illustrator automatically selects both, and no matter how I click or which tool I try it keeps selecting both.

Please help!

Thank you...

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Correct answer Larry G. Schneider

Open the Appearance panel. With that open, Select the path. It should show in the panel that there are two strokes and no fill for the path. Use the Select tool (Black Arrow) to drag the top stroke down in the panel until it is below the second one and release.

Here's the result

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Larry G. Schneider
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Larry G. SchneiderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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September 5, 2017

Open the Appearance panel. With that open, Select the path. It should show in the panel that there are two strokes and no fill for the path. Use the Select tool (Black Arrow) to drag the top stroke down in the panel until it is below the second one and release.

Here's the result

    leethestrange86
    leethestrange86Author
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    September 5, 2017

    Thank you so much!  I really appreciate it. 

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