Broad Paint Strokes as a Bed for Text
Add broad paint strokes to your designs: gradient paint swipes on transparent backgrounds you place behind text to lift it with a handmade touch.
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Why set text over a paint stroke?
Because it gives the text a bed with uneven edges, so it reads as hand-placed rather than dropped in a box. That helps when the rest of a design is all straight edges and needs one element to break the regularity.
What can you design with them?
Colour beds behind headings
Highlighting prices and offers
Posts in a handmade artistic style
Backgrounds for short quotes
Broad dividers between sections
What text colour goes over a stroke?
White if the stroke is dark, black or the stroke's own darkest tone if it is light. These strokes are gradient by nature, so test the text over the lightest part rather than the darkest to be sure it reads throughout.
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How do these differ from the brush underlines?
Paint strokes are broad and thick and act as a bed behind text, while brush underlines are thin and long and run beneath a word to mark it. One fills; the other marks.
Can I change a stroke's colour?
Yes. Adjust each stroke's colour and gradient inside Andalusi to follow your palette, checking that the text over it stays readable after the change.
How wide should the stroke be?
Slightly wider than the text at both ends and taller above and below. A stroke narrower than the text lets letters spill outside it and looks unintentional.