: Stroke small text in illustrator I would like to narrow some small black text, where the fill is black and the stroke is white in order to make the text look thinner. The font's sizes are

@Jessie844

While you can bully the appearance of a heavier or lighter face by applying a stroke, it's almost always a bad idea. However, at 3 to 6pt size, it's a very bad idea.

Text that small is going to be almost unreadable for many people. You'll need the best rendering you can get from the font to have any success. Stroking the text to affect a faux weight is a mistake.

If an already lighter version of your font does not exist, use a different, lighter face altogether.

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