How can I decrease the stroke of non font letters?

[arshiam93]

Hey guys,

I had a designer create a logo for me a few months back, and I didn't notice earlier but the text is thicker than the stroke on the logo itself.

I've been trying to decrease the stroke/thickness of the letters to match the logo, but I can't figure out how as the regular stroke field is unavailable.

I'm sure there must be a way. If so, please share it with me here!

Thanks!

[Monika Gause]

You might try and use Object > Path > Offset stroke with a negative value

[Ray Yorkshire]

Select > Deselect to make sure nothing unwanted is selected

Use the Direct Selection Tool  (the white arrow)

and select for example  the R shape

With a fill  color  and no stroke.

go to

Effect > Path > Offset path

in the dialogue  box that pops up

select Preview to see the live result,

And change the offset  field to a negative

- easiest way is with mouse scroll wheel

When happy,  click Ok

And

Object >Expand Appearance

[arshiam93]

Unfortunately, it's not working. As you can see I tried using varies negative numbers both with offset negative, miter negative, and also every other possibility e.g. offset negative, miter positive etc. Regardless what number I placed there was no change 😕

Is there something I'm doing wrong perhaps?

[Monika Gause]

-15 is huge.

Try much smaller values.

[tromboniator]

In addition to what Monika says, I suggest that you reset the miter limit to a positive value, maybe 3 or 4, to avoid problems in corners.