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Stroke and Fill in the Appearance Panel

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December 16, 2022
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I'm new to Illustrator. I'm a bit confused on stroke and fill in the appearance panel. Since you can add multiple strokes, what is the order of strokes vs fill? I tried to drag them in different orders to see what they look like, but still looks the same. Is there an easier way to tell which goes first, second, etc?

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Please check out the video I have made about the Appearance panel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXvRbN03MzQ

You can do a lot of nice stuff with it. E.g. Maps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9CW936V-1M

And you can make a complete artwork that only consists of one anchor point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCpqMkyDcOA

Or:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z33hJbsLuOk

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Especially with Type, Fill on top, Stroke below. A thick stroke would otherwise cover the fill.

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