6 Replies Latest reply: Jan 1, 2012 6:38 PM by tromboniator RSS

    Can I taper the stroke size on a spiral path?

    digiday Community Member

      Hello insightful Illustrator iconoclasts,

       

      Currently I only have access to an old version of Illustrator 9 on a Windows 7 machine, but I still like it.

       

      I'm trying to figure out in this version 9 if I can taper a stroke size on a path.

       

      I have created a spiral path and the stroke gets closer and closer together at it approaches the center... I'd like the stroke to taper from a 50 pt. size to a 10 pt. size from the outer point to the inner point on the spiral path.

       

      I've made three duplicate spiral paths on top of one another, one with a 50 pt. stroke, one with a 20 pt. stroke and one with a 10 pt. stroke, but of course there is no taper... that just doesn't look right.

       

      I did a search but I'm not really finding a specific method for this.

       

      Thanks for any help.

       

      digi