hello @jansindl3r, you can use the contours of the letters as a clipping mask, so the outside half of the stroke is not visible: size(2000, 1000) stroke(1, 0, 0) strokeWidth(30) B = BezierPath() B.text('a', (110, 130), fontSize=1400) # clip external stroke with savedState(): clipPath(B) drawPath(B) # normal stroke translate(1000, 0) drawPath(B) cheers!

thanks @frederik and @gferreira for the helpful hints!