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Outlining paths with patterns
The Path Pattern filter lets you outline
objects with patterns and create bor-
ders, frames, and decorative and orna-
mental effects. Path patterns differ from
fill patterns in their design, tiling, and
names—path patterns typically end with
a suffix indicating whether they apply to
the side, outer corner, or inner corner of
a path. For illustrations of some effects
you can create, see the Adobe Illustrator
Tutorial and Beyond the Basics.
You can choose path patterns from the
Path Pattern library of almost 200
designs, located on the Adobe Illustrator
Deluxe CD-ROM. (The Adobe Illustrator
Startup file and program disks contain
a smaller collection of these designs.)
See also Creating and working with
patterns.
When you select a pattern, you can
resize and flip the pattern, and specify
how precisely to apply the pattern to the
path. You can also create different
effects when applying the same pattern
to a rectangular or circular path.