Refilling shape within adjusted outline

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
December 7, 2023
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Hello. I have a shape in Illustrator that has a 2pt stroke (one color) with a fill (second color). I want to separate the stroke and fill the color into two compound paths. I specifically want the fill shape to only fill to the inner edge of the visible 2pt stroke. Right now, if I copy the two elements and set one with fill only and the other stroke only (2pt), the fill shape extends over the edge to the original shape. I hope this makes sense. Link to file:

https://assets.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:04a60df4-782a-493c-938d-d1ae0b2cd958?view=difile

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Kurt Gold

Community Expert

You may select the filled path, go to Effect menu > Path > Offset Path, take (minus) 1 Pt offset and then Expand Appearance in the Object menu.

LucasanoCreativeAuthor

Participant

Thank you for taking a look. That didn't work for me. The offset -1 looks the same as the original fill (without a stroke). Adjusting to -2 or more had no effect either.