Create dotted and dashed lines in illustrator

This tutorial shows how to create both a dotted and dashed stroke as shown below.

Step 1. Draw any shape

• As an example shape, grab the rectangle tool (M) and click on your artboard.

• Type 100 px , 100 px for the width and height. hit Ok.
• Zoom in by holding down ALT/OPT key and spin the mouse wheel

Step 2. change stroke options

• Make sure the rectangle is selected. There are multiple ways to reach stroke options. Either use the Properties panel (1), appearance panel (2), or control panel.

• Click underlined Stroke (1)
• Change weight to 2 pt (2)
• Enable rounded cap (3)
• Enable Dashed line (4) and give the dash and gap values as shown in the figure

• You should have a stroke like this.

Easy huh! 🙂

Akif Kutlu