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Drawing
About paths
All paths share certain characteristics that you can manipulate to create a wide range of
shapes.
Closure
A path is either
open
, like an arc, or
closed
, like a circle.
Stroke and fill
A path’s outline is called a
stroke
. A color or gradient applied to an open or
closed path’s interior area is called a
fill
. A stroke can have weight (thickness), color, and a
dash pattern. After you create any path, you can change the characteristics of its stroke
and fill.
A.
Stroke with open path
B.
Fill with open path
C
. Both stroke and fill with open path
D.
Stroke with closed path
E.
Fill with closed path
F.
Both stroke and fill with closed path
Contents
You can put text or graphics inside a path. When you put contents inside an
open or closed path, you use the path as a frame. Contents are not the same as a fill; for
example, a single frame can simultaneously contain text and use a gradient fill.
A
B
C
D
E
F