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6. With the line selected on the artboard, choose the Round end cap style in
the Stroke panel.

By default, lines have flat ends that stop at the anchor points that mark the ends of the
lines. If you choose the Round or Square end cap styles, the caps extend beyond the
ending anchor points by one half the defined stroke weight.

In this case, you defined a 12-pt stroke so the caps extend 6 points beyond the ending
anchor points. Because the round caps essentially make the line longer, you have to
change the line length to match the icon artwork.

Round
end cap style

Round end caps
extend beyond the
actual endpoints
of the line.

The Stroke Panel in Depth When the Dashed Line option is checked, you can define a

ILLUSTRATOR FOUNDATIONS None end cap style dash pattern is stretched (or not) so that line ends or object
The Cap options define the appearance of a stroke beyond
specific pattern of dashes and gaps in the related fields. The
the endpoint of the line.
two buttons to the right of the check box determine how a
corners have the same appearance.
Round end cap style

Square end cap style

Aligns Dashes to Corners
Preserves Exact Dash and
The Corner options define the appearance of corners where
Gap Lengths is active
and Path Ends is active
two lines meet. When Miter Join is selected, you can define
a miter limit in the Limit field. A miter limit controls when
the corner switches from a pointed joint to a beveled joint, The Arrowheads options can be used to control end
treatments on each end of a line. You can choose an
as a factor of the stroke weight. If you define a miter limit arrowhead shape from the menus, and change the scale of
of 2 for a 2-point line, the corner is beveled if the pointed applied arrowheads (relative to the applied stroke weight).
corner extends beyond 4 points (2 1 2).

Miter join Rounded join Beveled join

The Align Stroke options determine where the stroke is
placed relative to the actual path.
The Align [Arrowheads] options determine how arrowhead
treatments are positioned relative to the path endpoint.

Align Stroke Align Stroke Align Stroke
to Center to Inside to Outside Place Arrow Tip at Extend Arrow Tip
End of Path Beyond End of Path

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