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December 14, 2019
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Align stroke to outside of text in Illustrator

  • December 14, 2019
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i hope adobe illustrator can do as simple as what corel draw did in case "align stroke to outside of editable text"

 

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Correct answer Ton Frederiks

It can be easily done in a similar way.

Just add a stroke in the Appearance Panel and drag it below the Characters.

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Srishti Bali
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December 14, 2019

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. Please take a look at this similar discussion: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/16910/how-to-add-multiple-strokes-aligned-outside-to-a-type-layer-in-illustrator-cs6 and let us know if this helps. If not, please share a few screenshots of what you are trying to create.

 

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Srishti

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December 14, 2019

for example in coreldraw, just one click i have so many menu e.g i can increase width of stroke and the stroke is behind the main text. and all is so simple (even new in coreldraw) and text still editable

sorry about my engilsh, because is not my native

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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December 14, 2019

It can be easily done in a similar way.

Just add a stroke in the Appearance Panel and drag it below the Characters.