The Stress Axis Weight path effect applied to a sample shape
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Stress Axis Weight

Reach for this when a monoline capital needs old-style thick-and-thin modulation, laid on along an angle you choose and smoothed to taste.

FamilyLettering
Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesyes, drag it on the shape
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Contrast-150 to 150, default 12
  2. Stress angle-180 to 180, default 0
  3. Smoothing0 to 20, default 2

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