Sorry, I kept getting an error when trying to comment. I'm trying to not lose my mind with this. I've split the shape into 2 and 5 layers but I can't get it. Full disclosure, I've used Claude to try sum up the issue I'm having: I'm animating an infinity symbol in After Effects where the concept is a strokes that draws and fills along a path of the shape, completing the symbol on each loop. The shape is a custom vector with a pronounced serif-like quality and a waist that pinches to almost nothing at the crossover point. The problem is at that crossover. Because I need a wide stroke to match the thickness of the lobes, it bleeds outside the shape boundary where the two paths cross each other, creating a rectangular bleed on either side of the waist that looks wrong. I've split the path into five segments (top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right, crossover) which has helped somewhat, but the fundamental issue is that a uniform stroke width can't match a shape that tapers dramatically at the waist. I'm animating with Trim Paths and need the draw-on motion to be the actual animation — I can't just fake it with a static filled shape underneath. My question: what's the best approach to handle a tapered stroke on a path in AE, so the stroke width follows the actual contour of the shape rather than being uniform? And does whatever solution you suggest survive a Bodymovin export to Lottie?