Apply a stroke color, width, or alignment, Create dotted or dashed lines – Adobe Illustrator CS4 User Manual
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USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Painting
Stroke panel with options showing
You can apply stroke options to an entire object, or you can use Live Paint groups and apply different strokes to
different edges within the object.
See also
Select items in Live Paint groups
Paint with the Live Paint Bucket tool
Apply a stroke color, width, or alignment
1
Select the object. (To select an edge in a Live Paint group, use the Live Paint Selection tool.)
2
Click the Stroke box in the Tools panel, the Color panel, or the Control panel. Doing so indicates that you want to
apply a stroke rather than a fill.
Stroke box
3
Select a color from the Color panel, or a swatch from the Swatches panel or Control panel. Alternatively, double-
click the Stroke box to select a color using the Color Picker.
If you want to use the current color in the Stroke box, you can simply drag the color from the Stroke box onto the object.
Dragging does not work on Live Paint groups.
4
Select a weight in the Strokes panel or Control panel.
5
If the object is a closed path (and not a Live Paint group), choose an option from the Stroke panel to align the stroke
along the path:
•
Align Stroke To Center
•
Align Stroke To Inside
•
Align Stroke To Outside
Note: If you try to align paths that use different stroke alignments, the paths may not exactly align. Make sure the path
alignment settings are the same if you need the edges to match up exactly when aligned.
Create dotted or dashed lines
You can create a dotted or dashed line by editing an object’s stroke attributes.
1
Select the object.