: How do i make the first of two strokes on text transparent so it shows through the bottom stroke layer? I was wondering if it's possible to put a double stroke on text so that the inner

@Frith110

You don't need to apply two strokes for that you can simply apply one stroke and then off-set the path to positive number. It automatically leave some space between your solid fill colour and the stroke.

Here's the method


Type the Text and add the fill colour and outer stroke colour you want.





Go to you your appearance panel(Shift+F6) select the stroke.





Now in appearance panel select Add new Effect > Path > Offset path





Enter an appropriate value to get the desired result




DONE!

Note: You might need to set the tracking to some Positive number as when you offset the path characters do not attach themselves to each other

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@Phylliss782

You need to use a stroke offset effect to push the stroke away from your type. I believe it's doable with live type.

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