What happens to a brush stroke set to 5 points when you click Type on a Path?

When you apply a brush stroke to text using the Type on a Path tool, Illustrator tends to modify the stroke width to ensure it aligns with the type settings and maintains visual harmony. In this scenario, if a brush stroke is set to 5 points, it will not retain this width when transformed into a text effect. Instead, it will adjust back to 1 point.

This adjustment occurs because the Type on a Path feature typically standardizes the stroke to provide a cleaner appearance and better compatibility with the text's formatting. Users often want to avoid having overly thick strokes that can obscure the legibility of the text, which can happen if the brush width remains unchanged.

Understanding this behavior is crucial for achieving proper aesthetics in design work, especially when integrating typographic elements with artistic strokes. The other options would not typically illustrate the behavior exhibited by Illustrator in this context; thus, they are less relevant to the operation of the Type on a Path tool.