I want to get my text wider

[Jan-Pascal]

Hey guys,
I cant find a way to get my text wider.

I just want to get this text wider, so you can see it better from a distance. I read the last two hours about it, but I dont know what I am doing wrong.

I dont know how to get this text wider. I know i can use the stroke, but i cant use that because after that I want to do a " knockout text" like this here.
so when i use the stroke, the stroke wont geht cut out.

Can someone please help me?

[Monika Gause]

The feature only works with fonts that are prepared for it.

Those fonts are named "Variable Concept"

[Grant H]

You can use "offset path" for a "cleaner" result (than stroke)

and then object/expand it.

Use your pathfinder options from there

[SJRiegel]

It is not necessary to convert the text to outlines if the knockout is done with the transparency pallet.

Live text with a stroke (Select text and shape) - Make Mask.