Keeping Proportionate Strokes

[sar303]

Hi! Ive created a logo in illlustrator 9. The logo consists of a cupola (a peak of a roof). I drew the cupola in Illustrator using my paintbrush and pen tool. When I try to enlarge or reduce the logo, the strokes of the lines will increase or reduce- causing the design of the cupola to loose proportion. Any clues on how to fix this? Thanks bunches. Sar

[Kool]

Hi sar303, welcome to the forum.

Are you saying that the strokes do or don't scale with the image? Usually you want them to scale. You can change this in your general preferences. /emoticons/cool.gif

Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?

[morea]

or when you choose object > transform > scale, be sure to select the box that says 'scale strokes and effects' before you click ok.

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[D-Frag]

yup, or you could always go to object>expand appearance, that way your strokes keep the same width when you scale it.

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[sar303]

thank you kool kat and morea- i will give that a try! I really appreciate the tips! :) OXO

[sar303]

thanks d-frag!