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Offset path to create "radiating" outlined shapes?

  • April 25, 2023
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In illustrator, I believe there’s an effect called “offset path” that will give this result.

Is there anyway to do this in Figma?

Best answer by Ian_Sampaio

And another method using Difference and Luminance mask. This is by far the simplest but your object will carry a masked fill (you can lock your layers to avoid messing with it)

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Ian_Sampaio
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  • April 26, 2023

To my knowledge Figma doesn’t offer layered paths and I’m afraid it will never do since it usually follows what is possible to through CSS. But here is a workaround: create a symbol with the desired path and a stroke (I added both black and white to easily alternate between the two). The effect is achieved by each instance below the main symbol getting a thicker stroke and alternate between black and white:

Figma


Ian_Sampaio
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  • April 26, 2023

I’ve added a second approach which uses Merge. It’s a lot simpler and allows transparency but also buggier (you can try and get rid of the bugs messing with the outer stroke’s Miter angle)


Ian_Sampaio
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  • April 26, 2023

And another method using Difference and Luminance mask. This is by far the simplest but your object will carry a masked fill (you can lock your layers to avoid messing with it)