Re: Minutes October 25, 2012 SVG WG Telcon

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:57 AM, Jasper van de Gronde <
th.v.d.gronde@hccnet.nl> wrote:

> On 26-10-12 00:09, Nikos Andronikos wrote:
> > ...
> >    krit: the big white circle should be filled with pad
> >    ... can we agree that spread methods are still useful?
> >
> >    Tav: well it would be inconsistent if you didn't have them
> >
> >    krit: what I really miss, is having spreadMethod none
> >
> >    Tav: I thought about that and was going to suggest it until I
> >    realised Canvas always does padding
>
> PDF does not btw.
>

Yes, I've seen some rare circumstances where this was used but it is not
very common.
(Adobe's applications always pad)


>
> >    krit: I'm not sure about that
> >    ... if you think about infinite big circles, the right side can
> >    never be filled
>
> The idea is that if the focal circle approaches the boundary from
> within, that you then converge to the behaviour SVG specifies. However,
> you are right that strictly speaking the right side should be empty (if
> not allowing negative radii) as soon as the two circles share a point.
>
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