: Is there a simple and automatic way to create halos around multiple (existing) arrows in Illustrator? I am looking for a way for all existing black arrows in my illustration to have a white
I am looking for a way for all existing black arrows in my illustration to have a white halo to stand out against a colorful background in Illustrator. I would also like the halo to be easily changeable for all arrows (like when using graphic styles).
Theoretical solutions:
Adding an additional stroke helps for ordinary lines, but does not outline the arrowhead.
Copying an arrow, placing it in the back, slightly enlarging it and making white will surely work, but is tedious. Also, it cannot be saved as a graphic style, so cannot be automatically applied to the existing arrows (you will have to copy the one you created).
As you see, these theoretical solutions do not work.
So, the question is is there a simple and automatic way to create halos for multiple existing arrows?
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Because of how the arrowhead for strokes feature works, there's no easy solution to getting a hard-edged halo here and retain the existing art as it is.
If you group the stroke/arrowhead and then apply a second stroke to the group it still looks wrong.
The best solution may be to select all the strokes/arrow and use Object > Expand Appearance. Then you can add an additional stroke to one stroke/arrow group, configure it and save as a Graphic Style. And then reselect all the other strokes/arrow groups and apply that same Graphic style.
Select your arrow, hit effect, hit stylize, hit outer glow, turn on preview and adjust the settings until you're happy with it.
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