: Is it possible to have varied stroke widths around the same object in Illustrator? I'm working in Illustrator CS5 and was wondering Is it possible to have varied stroke widths around the same

@Ravi4787994

You don't need to create an additional rectangle if you use the appearance palette:


simply add another fill
move it beneath the actual fill
move and scale the fill via fx/distort & transform/transform

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@Turnbaugh909

You can accomplish this with the Width Tool to a degree. But there will always be some area of transition between width points. In addition, it is actually a bit difficult to target a specific width for the Width Tool. Also, corners with varied widths present many issue with miters and it would be difficult to get the corners to appear smooth.

If I were required to draw a square with those stroke options, I'd simply use two overlapping rectangles - moving the lower rectangle out of alignment to create the appearance of the unbalanced strokes. This would ultimately be much faster than trying to get width points to butt against each other and have a specific width.

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