title: Add Clipping Mask on Pen Stroke Path
body: <p>I have a text object with a <strong>white</strong> pen stroke running through it. I want to make that path a clipping mask, so that it would be a transparency instead of a white line, so that I can put it on any background.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RaqvI.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RaqvI.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>When I do a Clipping Mask however, this is what I get:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6yjN0.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6yjN0.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>My pen stroke is the top-most layer as well.</p>
  <p>Assistance plz.</p>