When I use my pen tool, it causes a thick block of color on both sides of line. HELP

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February 14, 2024
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When I use my pen tool, it causes a thick block of color to show up on both sides of line. I have no fill selected. So I don't understand why it keeps doing it.

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Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Marissa,

In addition to what c and Shruthi said, I believe you have a Stroke Weight far above the desired value.

For a redraw task like that I often use the lowest value in the dropdown (0.25 pt), along with a contrasting colour, preferably red as you have also chosen here.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

In some cases it can also be useful to create the line/s on a separate Layer and toggle the View Mode for only that Layer (by cmd-clicking its visibility icon in the Layers Panel).

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Shruthi Bharadwaj

Inspiring

The thick block appears because you have an outline (stroke) set on your pen tool. Even though you don't see a fill color selected, the outline is still there.