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: Remove objects, leaving only the stroke and the drop shadow (illustrator) Just found this site! Seems pretty awesome. Im wondering if anyone knows how to achieve this effect: I want to remove

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Just found this site! Seems pretty awesome. Im wondering if anyone knows how to achieve this effect:

I want to remove the white objects (text) from the image, but keep the stroke and the drop shadow.



When I try to make the fill transparent, this is what happens:



Any help would be super appreciated. :)

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@Turnbaugh909

Transparency Knockout Group

When you define a transparency knockout group, the elements within that group don't show through eachother, exactly like you want.


Group everything including the shadow
Transparency panel → Check Knockout Group (you may need to click twice)





Select everything with a white fill
Appearance panel → Fill → Opacity 0% (don't set the fill color to none):




You can read more about transparency knockout groups here:


Illustrator Help / Create a transparency knockout group

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