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Faith5C32
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September 16, 2023
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Text stroke hiding interior text

  • September 16, 2023
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Hello all, 

I am trying to create a stroke around the text here like my client wants in the screenshot where the text is black, etc. and the stroke is white, 2pt, and slightly rounded. 

 

Yet...when I attempt to do so, the stroke swallows the interior color fill and it just looks like a white mess. To be honest, I am not super familiar with adding strokes via the appearances panel, but I am happy to have the learning curve here as I'm assuming this is what the client did. When attempting to drag the stroke below the fill in Appearance Panel, Ai won't allow me to. 

 

Thanks!

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 16, 2023

You need to select the text with the selection tool and then in the Appearance panel add the stroke to it. Then drag it below the characters. 

So the stroke should be on the Type, not on the characters

 

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Faith5C32Author
Known Participant
September 16, 2023

Thank you! Now what I am trying to do here is apply a different stroke and fill color to an individual collection of characters, but when I attempt to do so, nothing happens. As you can see in the appearance panel, the stroke is said to be light blue, but it still shows black.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 16, 2023

Do not select the characters. Select the text object. There are the things that you need to edit.

And please describe what you want more precisely. I don't think I understand it.

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