A quick question about expand for Illustrator pro s

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Hi everybody,

A quick and I think easy question for those who have good skills on inkscape. It’s about expand.

I have discover during practising Illustrator, that when some use “expand”, some use “outline stroke” or “create outlines” (for text).

Is there a difference or is it two ways to do exactely the same?

Thanks by advance.

Marc

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hi marc,

if you talk about Illustrator, expand is the same as outline stroke or create outlines (if it’s text).

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That was the question. Thank you for the answer.

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But it’s also not if you have anything extra going on in your text like effects, gradients, pattern fills, dashes or extra appearance fills/strokes. Ditto for lines or anything else. Expand actually does much more complicated and extensive things.

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That is true. Therefore I much rather expand than create outlines or outline strokes.