Comment 0 for bug 170898

Strokes are applied to shapes so that half of the
stroke is inside the shape and half is outside. This is
usually fine, but it makes partially transparent
strokes look odd. You end up with TWO outlines around
your object.

This could be fixed with an option to make strokes fall
entirely outside the shape. The stroke would look like
an outset, but work like a stroke.

Currently, you can sometimes get around the problem by
using an outset and an invisible stroke. You end up
with two objects making editing the shape much harder,
and making it impossible to have a transparent shape
because the outset is behind it. Also, doubling the
number of complex shapes takes a lot of memory. This
option would fix all of that.

Inkscape is awesome! Keep up the good work.

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