Why your Illustrator strokes don't grow when you scale objects
In short: When resizing shapes in Adobe Illustrator, strokes often remain static regardless of the object's size. This video demonstrates how to use the scale tool to ensure strokes and effects expand proportionally with your design.
The video explores a common challenge in Adobe Illustrator: maintaining visual consistency during transformations. When a user scales a rectangle to 200%, the stroke thickness typically remains unchanged by default.
To achieve proportional growth, the presenter demonstrates how to activate the 'scale stroke and effects' setting. This ensures that if an object doubles in size, its stroke weight also doubles, maintaining the intended visual weight of the graphic.
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