Make Pen trace lines 'scratchy'?

[rossw71701]

I've traced over some text using the Pen tool but want to make the lines 'scratchy' like the original text, i.e. not uniform. I tried changing the Brush Definition to 'Charcoal Feather' but that dropped a lot of detail.

Any ideas?

[meganchi]

Select art and go to Effect Menu/Sketch/Torn Edges. Play around with Image Balance, Smoothness, or Contrast sliders.

[Monika Gause]

Maybe like this: https://youtu.be/Vk-dmfJ3NaU

You can of course also apply it directly to the paths instead of the layer.