"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I use 1pt in illustrator with the stroke aligned to the middle of the path, so it's actually only .5pt
Are you talking about a trap? A slight overlap to assure no shirt color peeking through?Is this on designs that otherwise also require a flash?On these, I do the same as Integrity, or sometimes go down to .75 pt on small images.When no flash is needed, butt registration really speeds things up on my manual.
We don't use any if we don't have to, so I guess it's on a design by design basis... I mean, if they are supposed to touch, why would an extra stroke be necessary?Steve
I output my films using photoshop, and my traps/chokes/gutters are 2px at 300ppi. Not sure how that translates to points in illustrator honestly, but it is very minimal. I trap butt registration jobs as well usually just to make it less prone to error and to keep setup times short. 2px overlaps arent noticeable on almost everything I have printed. I could see not needing a trap on an automatic where squeegee angle/speed/pressure/etc is all exact for every shirt, but with manual printing there are those small variations print to print that can show up without a little trap.