[Nikki Van onna]

Thank you Filip, that goes way above my head. 😀
Offsetting doesn’t seem to be the problem though, that works quite well.
It’s just a pity that you can’t make a stroke style or a path that is still handled as a stroke when offsetting. Well, back to the drawing board! Again, thank you for all your help.

[Nikki Van onna]

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[Nikki Van onna]

Thank you, Filip. That’s a pity, cause I also want to use non-curved lines. It’s strange that it doesn’t distribute well on a corner (image01), if I apply the offset path it work just fine (image02).
Still hope there is a solution for this, it seemed like such an easy thing; a double stroke. Never expected it to be this challenging in AE.

[Nikki Van onna]

That’s strange, I did attached them. Again below!

[Nikki Van onna]

The only problem I’m running into now is how this is handled at path point’s. Once the the curve gets to a certain extreme, the distribution of the characters on the path is off.
See attached screenshots

Do you have any idea how to fix this?

[Nikki Van onna]

Yes, you’re totally right, works like a charm. Thank you Filip!

[Nikki Van onna]

Hi Filip, thank you, that is actually a great and really smart solution!
Only problem is that I want to use the stroke on an animated path inside a shape layer. It’s dynamically animated with Connect Layers Pro, that means I can’t copy the path in a mask on a text layer. Do you have an idea how to apply this method to a path outside the shape layer?

Dank je wel alvast! (ik dacht ik schrijf de rest in Engels, dan hebben anderen hier wellicht ook nog iets aan :))

[Nikki Van onna]

Thank you for your reply Graham. I want to have it like the first image.
The second is what happens when I add an Offset Path to the stroke.

Your suggestion for two shapes and an offset will not result in a stroke with an even width, it will be more like a calligraphic stroke. I really want an even stroke.

A good reference would be a pattern brush in Illustrator; the you can draw any path and the double stroke will always be in the same with around it.

Hope that makes sense!

[Nikki Van onna]

Wow, that’s great, Graham. You’re a life safer. Thank you very much!

[Nikki Van onna]

I know it’s been a while ago since you posted this, but I’m having exactly the same problem as you had.
I also followed all the steps Dan described, but no luck here too. ☹
Did you finally solve it?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you.
Nikki