150px grid, 3px stroke icon - Snapping to a pixel grid, advice

[lister110]

Hi, I've been given a load of icons to look at from a designer who's chosen a 150px grid and 3px stroke. A couple of things before I start. I'm redrawing some of the lines as they are off a pixel grid (stroke), which is fine, but one of the requests is to outline the path on completion. The problem is due to the stroke being 3px; the points will now come off the grid due to the point being 1.5px on either side. Should I push the stroke to 'outside' or 'inside' before I outline? Should the stroke really be an even number? Just getting some tips beforehand.

lister

[Anna Natter]

Maybe you should attach a screenshot to this so we can understand the problem a bit better! But I would say probably staying inside the grid is the way to go about this. I could judge this better when I see it. 

[lister110]

I think I mean with the stroke being outlined, I guess to keep on the grid, I'd need to have the stroke inside/outside so the point snap. Being 3px, it'll be off the grid if it were centred. I can't really show an example at the moment, I was just asking for some advice. Thanks for the reply.

[Jacob Bugge]

lister,

Assuming that each icon is supposed to be contained within whole pixels and maybe fitting into the 150 pixel grid, and that the lines form part of closed paths, I believe that it is best to:

1) Align strokes to outside,

2) Adjust wherever necessary, and

3) Outline.

Always keep a backup of artwork that is going to be irreversibly changed, such as stroked paths to be outlined.