Problem with strokes on text

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August 27, 2020
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I'm trying to add an outside stroke to a text... I understand I can't allign a stroke on editable text, so I converted my text to paths and added my outside stroke. But now my stroke is covering each other up! See screenshot:

How can I get my letters to not cover each other up with the stroke, but without altering the spacing? Thanks!

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Correct answer Grant H

You could keep the text live by rather adding a fill in the appearence pallet with an offset underneath the character, see screenshot.

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Bring the black type to the front

Jacob Bugge

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Daniela,

To elaborate on the answers by Grant and Ton with Stroke beneath the Characters, since the unchangeable alignment of the Stroke on live Type is centred, (the inner) half of it is hidden and that is why you can just double the Stroke Weight.