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bosourd
Participant
November 29, 2022
Question

how to match pen tool and paintbrush tool stroke size?

  • November 29, 2022
  • 1 reply
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Hi, I'm new to Illustrator so bear with me.

 

I can't seem to get it to work, I'm trying to use both pen and brush with the same size but the only workaround I can do is to match it manually

 

(pen line is the smaller one)

 

both lines use the same profile, I may miss or have done something the wrong way here, but I would like to know how to match the stroke size automatically somehow.

 

Thanks in advance!

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Larry G. Schneider
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 29, 2022

The brush you are using says it is a three point round. Try making the pen tool 3 points as well and see if that is what you want.

bosourd
bosourdAuthor
Participant
December 6, 2022

Hi, thanks for the reply I did match both tools with 3 points and it still didn't work. I even checked on/off the New Art Has Basic Appearance with no luck.

Doug A Roberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
December 6, 2022

Give the 3pt brush a stroke size of 1pt. It should match a 3pt stroke on a 'basic' path.

Think of the stroke size as a multiplier for the brush size.

 

6pt brush applied to 1pt stroke:

6pt 'basic' stroke: