Step 6. Make sure the type is still selected, and choose Add New Stroke from the Appearance palette menu. Shift-click to select both strokes, and drag them down below the fill. The stacking order of strokes and fills affects the appearance of the artwork.
Text Effects in Illustrator CS - Multiple Strokes on Type
From Sara Froehlich
Step 5. Keeping Fill selected in the Appearance palette, and your text selected, click on a swatch or use the color palette to change the color if you like.
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- Multiple Strokes on Type - Adding Basic Text
- Character Palette - Adjust Tracking
- Adding Color to the Text
- Manipulating the Strokes
- Adjusting the Stroke Color and Width
- Changing the Stacking Order of the Stroke
- Adjusting the Stroke Color and Width (Again)
- Adding a Brush Stroke
- Editing the Text
- The Final Embellished Text Effect
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