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languages, the default stroke behavior is unusable, since it breaks within the
syllables and the middle joint outlines are also visible.
For solving this issue, new stroke drawing order options (Front, Behind) are
introduced in QuarkXPress 2021.
Now, the default stroke order will be “Front” which will act as current text stroking
behavior. If it is changed to “Behind” then the first stroke will be drawn and then
fill will be applied. The “Behind” drawing order option will hide the breaks within
the syllables.
There is an option available in Settings.xml file to hide the Stroke Order control in
the UI.
<!--TextStrokeDrawingOrderUISetting StrokeDrawingOrderUI ="False"
to disable strokeorder UI, StrokeDrawingOrderUI ="True" -->
<!-- to enable strokeorder UI, by default StrokeDrawingOrderUI
="True" -->
<TextStrokeDrawingOrderUISetting
StrokeDrawingOrderUI="True"></TextStrokeDrawingOrderUISetting>
Settings.xml will be available by default with QuarkXPress, and it should be placed
at-
Mac-~/Library/Application Support/Quark/QuarkXPress 2021/Settings.xml
Windows- <Installed Drive>:\Program Files\Quark\QuarkXPress 2021\Settings.xml
Text with ‘Behind’ stroke drawing order should render as normal text without any
reflow, and the width/height glyph should be the same as the “Front” stroke
drawing.
Opacity or other text attributes for the stroked text should be applied similarly to
normal text. Stroke drawing order applies to all text languages. Stroke drawing
order should be reset to Front on the down saving project.
Drawing order option in measurement palette-
Drawing order option in Horizontal Measurement Palette
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