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Hi Lee, Thank you for the reply, Im not so worried about the amount of nodes. Its the Vector line that are left over after expanding stroke. This is an issue as the laser will cut them. I have attached a link to an image (I cant work out how to post it) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53951a95e4b06ab19a598616/t/58b94a53e4fcb52e66008ee2/1488538207951/?format=2500w The top is the original text and the bottom is the text after being expanded. Thank you once again

Hi good people, I run a laser cutting business and am looking for a more efficient way to make text thicker for laser cutting. I cut 50 -100 name at a time and creating each name takes a long time. My current workflow is to type the text join it all together so its one shape I then make the stroke to the desired with and then expand stroke. I then have allot of clean up to do. See attached images. My question is. Is their a way to expand the stroke without all the mess left over vector lines. Any help would be much appreciated.