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You’ve turned a line into an arrow using InDesign’s Strokes panel. But perhaps you can’t see the arrow clearly over a dark background, so you want to add a small white outline. Unfortunately, you can’t add two stroke colors to one object in InDesign. So cheat a little and add an Outer Glow effect instead! This creates the appearance of a dual stroke. You’ll probably want to set the blending mode to Normal and Opacity to 100%. To remove the fuzzy edge on the glow, change the Spread value to 100%.
This article was last modified on July 25, 2019
This article was first published on March 8, 2016
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Thanks for this tip! I followed all your guidelines, but when I turn the arrow at an angle, the edges get fuzzy all the way around. Is there any way to reduce that?
Thanks!