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samgw
samgw
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May 13, 2020
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Outline Stroke not working on text in Illustrator 24.1.2

  • May 13, 2020
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Installing Illustrator CC 2020 on a work Mac, that did not have illustrator previously. I'm creating editable type and i've typically went to Effect > Path > Outline Stroke - to better align text without a large bounding box.

 

What i'm seeing is that its not actually applying the effect to text anymore where the box would be the same size of the text. I tested on a personal computer running Illustrator 24.0 and it works no problem.

 

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Correct answer Disposition_Dev

Try this:

 

Instead of applying the Outline Stroke effect to the individual object, you can change the behavior of these oversized bounding boxes in the preferences dialog. Hit Control/Command + k, then look for the checkbox labeled "Use Preview Bounds". If you check this box, then the bounding box around text objects will fit tight to the edge of the text.

 

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gretavgudm
gretavgudm
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March 14, 2022

I used Expand appearance for the same result as Outline Stroke did before.

 

samgw
samgwAuthor
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May 13, 2020

🙊 thank you both....once applying the preview bound box, then applying the affect it works.

 

just having preview bound enabled does not apply to all fonts.

    Disposition_Dev
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    Disposition_DevCommunity Expert
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    May 13, 2020

      Disposition_Dev
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      Disposition_DevCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 13, 2020

      Try this:

       

      Instead of applying the Outline Stroke effect to the individual object, you can change the behavior of these oversized bounding boxes in the preferences dialog. Hit Control/Command + k, then look for the checkbox labeled "Use Preview Bounds". If you check this box, then the bounding box around text objects will fit tight to the edge of the text.

       

      Ton Frederiks
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      Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 13, 2020

      Preferences > Use Preview Bounds ?

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