"m...@apollinemike.com" <m...@apollinemike.com> writes: > On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:28 AM, m...@apollinemike.com wrote: > >> On Feb 12, 2012, at 3:40 PM, David Kastrup wrote: >> >>> >>> What's with the translate_scale_rotate stuff? . >>> >>> That looks fishy. What are you trying to do here? >> >> Account for line thickness. I actually have no clue how thickness >> works. Is thickness in PS and SVG always added perpendicularly on >> either side (meaning thick/2 on both sides) of the line that is the >> slope of a curve at a given point? >> > > Re-asking this question. In PS and SVG, will the thickness of a curve > always be added perpendicularly in both directions to the line tangent > to the curve at a given point? Also, with rounded caps, does the > radius of this cap sweep 180 degrees starting and ending at the > perpendicular axis to the curve while being anchored at the beginning > and end point? If so, I can get rid of Translate_scale_rotate.
I can't speak for SVG, but PostScript questions should be answered in the PostScript Language Reference Manual. I recommend storing it in a reasonably accessible place on your disk. <URL:http://www.adobe.com/products/postscript/pdfs/PLRM.pdf> -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
