Type your text and set the fill color as you like. You can use any stroke color since this will change when you add the gradient. This is Mail Ray Stuff, a free font from Larabie fonts for Windows or Mac OS X. The stroke is 3 pt magenta. Decide the text fill color before proceeding, because once you proceed, you won't be able to change it.
Basic Text Effects with Gradients, Patterns and Brush Strokes in Illustrator
From Sara Froehlich, Guest Contributor, About.com Guest
You may have tried to add a gradient stroke to text, and find the even if the stroke button is active, the gradient applies to the fill. You can add a gradient to a stroke, but there's a trick to it.
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- Filling Text with a Gradient
- Adding a Gradient Stroke to Text
- Convert the Stroke to an Object
- How to Change the Gradient
- How to Fill the Stroke with a Pattern Instead of Gradient
- Filling Text with a Pattern
- Using Brush Strokes on Type
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