Illustrator line width question

[buffy]

Hi,

phy brush tool). In other words, with smaller states I have to zoom in more, so the line is coming out thicker, sometimes very much thicker. What I want is for the line widths to be all the same so that it looks like I picked up a real-world pen and drew them.

If I had realized what was going on earlier I would have started with separate maps of each state that all started out the same size, so I would not have to zoom in, but I've done a lot of work now and hate to redo it. I'd like to know if there is any way to fix the ones I've done, such as to alter the line width (I've tried making the lines thinner but that doesn't make them all consistent)--if there is any way to do it more mathematically using the equivalent of "zooming out" to somehow alter the line that could be good, but I don't know if that's possible. Or, can anyone suggest a way to do this that would truly work? I'm not even sure if not zooming in would work, but maybe it would.

I'm not that familiar with the program and I'm surprised that zooming in on a bottom layer would alter the line width.

Thanks for your help!

[Danger_Mouse]

im lost.

not sure what you are trying to do...did part of your post get cut?

[fredrich]

I think you are missing a part of your post there, so I'm not exactly sure what you're asking about, but I can give it a try.

You want all the lines to have the same stroke? Select one line and choose from the Select-menu (same stroke color or stroke weight for example), and set all to the thickness you want.

[Typically]

just make the stroke all the same and you should be fine. also in your preferences there is an option to have strokes scalable. if that is checked, when you resize something it will keep the stroke in proportion to your original.

[budafist]

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[CkretAjint]

lol @ Buda! :D

[PrintDriver]

Sounds like the OP has Scale Strokes and Effects turned on. Map building is one instance where you don't want it on. Especially if you are...errmmm...tracing...different portions from different scans.

To select all lines of the same color, use Select>Same> stroke color as noted above and change the weight of all of them. Turn off the SS&E preference before going any farther. Zooming in and out isn't changing your strokes. Scaling up and down is.

[hewligan]

I think the OP's using brushes and finding the stroke widths aren't consistent. That's got nothing to do with your zoom, though. It's about the line length.

If you double click on a brush to open it up, make sure "Proportional" is unchecked. Also, turn off scale strokes and effects in your preferences.