DrawSVG doubles stroke of my path – Handwriting Effect : please help

[colleenshaw]

I want the SVG animation that I found on the left to have the same effect on the right element. 

What am I doing wrong?!!?!!?! This is driving me crazy -- why is there a double stroke effect? How can I fix this. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

See the Pen rypqLW by colleenshaw (@colleenshaw) on CodePen

[PointC]

Hi colleenshaw 

 

Welcome to the forum.

 

That has nothing to do with the DrawSVG plugin. It's just how you created your SVG - with closed paths from letters. Take a look at this fork of your pen:

 

See the Pen QpaRje by PointC (@PointC) on CodePen

 

I've removed the animation, changed the stroke-width to 0.5 and let the SVG expand to 100% so you can get a better look at what's happening. See the difference? Diaco's example has a series of open paths that he created one by one.

 

I'm assuming you made the letters in AI, converted to compound paths and exported? You have a set of closed paths which gives you the double stroke effect. The handwriting effect is a bit tricky. I wish it were as easy as exporting the paths and drawing the stroke, but you'll have to create your own open paths like Diaco did or use a mask to animate the stroke. 

 

Does that make sense?

 

Happy tweening.

 

PS The K,R, and part of the A look odd because they are just filled paths. 

[Jonathan]

Nice Explanation Craig