Stroke Overlapping

[scatterbrain1234]

Hi, I can't seem to figure out how to get the stroke on this text to not overlap on itself. I want to look like this tutorial attached. Any help is appreciated. 

[Jacob Bugge · Accepted solution]

scatterbrain,

How about Effect>Pathfinder>Add?

[scatterbrain1234]

thank you sooo much

[Jacob Bugge]

For my part you are welcome, scatterbrain. Some (variable or just sloppily finished) fonts are like that.

In many cases there are different ways to do things, in some cases such as this they lead to different appearances, and then a design choice is required.

You have the stroke on top of the fill of the letters, and half the stroke covers the outermost part of the fill whereas the other half is outside, which means that the centre of the stroke follows the original letter shape; this corresponds to draw along the outer bounds with a pen.

The tutorial has the stroke behind, so only the outer half is visible outside the original letter shape (you can obtain the same width by doubling the stroke weight), which means that the visible stroke is outside the original letter shape; this corresponds to draw outside the outer bounds with a pen.

[scatterbrain1234]

Definitely. It can be frustrating when its a problem with the specific image or font in this case. I appreciate your help. 

[Jacob Bugge]

Indeed, scatterbrain. There are really unforeseeable and needless causes of getting stuck in what ought to be straightforward tasks.

[Monika Gause · Accepted solution]

In the tutoril the stroke and fill have been applied to the text object and you *have* to use the Appearance panel for that: Window > Appearance. Then the stroke has been dragged below the fill.

[scatterbrain1234]

thank you, this also helped