- From: Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2014 14:09:03 +0200
- To: emanuelallen@hotmail.com, www-svg@w3.org
Hello, (only suggestions from another SVG author ;o) your proposal should define in detail the meaning and behaviour for fill-style and stroke-style for each value. And of course stroke-style-width and stroke-style-height as well. It is not obvious, what for example the effect of a fill-style="cool slant" is for a path filled with a gradient. It is not obvious, what for example stroke-style="riblet" might mean for a stroke of a path with a stroke-dasharray pattern. Maybe provide additional SVG documents, which simulate the visual effect of each style. A mathematical representation, how to get each effect could be very useful for implementors as well. Especially because the stroke already represents something like the outline of a shape, it is not obvious, how your proposal deviates from this function. For example with stroke-dasharray one can define a (simple) pattern on this stroke. Referencing a pattern element for the stroke provides another pattern for the stroke presentation. How is your proposal related to already existing attributes like stroke-dasharray,stroke-dashoffset, stroke-linecap, stroke-linejoin, stroke-miterlimit, stroke-width, stroke, fill, fill-rule? What happens, if the stroke has a pattern given by a pattern element or a gradient? Is there any influence on the visual presentation due to your new attributes/properties? Note, that in the past it was discussed already, how to determine the shape of caps for dash from stroke-dasharray (this was even mentioned in the current recommendations as something like a promise for the future, but is not realised yet). And in the SVG 2 drafts there are some new features, that might be interesting as well here, either already as the intended effect or as something, that has to be taken into account as having infuence on the visual effect of your new properties/attributes. For example it is discussed as well, that the width of the stroke can change over the pace of a path, therefore it is maybe necessary for your proposal to explain, how it works for such a stroke as well. Olaf
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