Trying to replicate this effect in illustrator

[alistair]

I'm trying to recreate this stippled outer effect on the outside of the lettering, needs to be spot colour
as i'm printing on a Gerber edge

 

[GAC05]

This looks like it can do what you need at a really low cost:
https://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/8-free-stipple-shading-brushes-for-adobe-illustrator

 

[alistair]

That's going to work! i just downloaded a free brush and it's doing the job