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| Illustrator Tutorials » Operations » Scale |
1. Scaling an object but not its stroke ??? Adobe Illustrator Tutorial - designertoday.comJanuary, 2008 |
2. Illustrator 101: To Scale or Not to Scale? Strokes, That Is. | BittBox bittbox.com
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3. Illustrator QuickFix – Strokes Not Scaling Properly blog.spoongraphics.co.uk
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4. Illustrator QuickFix ? Strokes Not Scaling Properly | Adobe Illustrator webdesign.orgThere are a couple of options that can catch you out in Illustrator; have you ever had the problem where you scale up an object but the strokes don't get any bigger? Or vice versa where you scale down your object but the strokes stay huge leaving your design all out of proportion and looking just plain ugly?! |
In Illustrator, when you draw an object, apply a stroke, then scale that object up or down, you can control wether or not the stroke size gets scaled too, or stays the same. The way you control this feature is from the ?Transform? palette (Window > Transform). This can be very useful for things like logos, where you want everything to look exactly the same at every size. Let?s get started . . .
There are a couple of options that can catch you out in Illustrator; have you ever had the problem where you scale up an object but the strokes don't get any bigger? Or vice versa where you scale down your object but the strokes stay huge leaving your design all out of proportion and looking just plain ugly?! If you are experiencing this, you'll be glad to know there is a quick and simple fix right in the preferences panel…