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From: jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen N.E. Bos)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,sci.math,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: A deficiency in the Mac ellipse algorithm?
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Date: 26 Feb 89 21:28:19 GMT
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I just found out that the "deficiency" in the Mac ellipse algorithm really
is a feature: Drawing ellipses inside each other will have a nice look.
This means that ellipses need to have holes to fit inside each other.
This feature is actually used in the Mac OS.
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  -- Jurjen N.E. Bos (jurjen@cwi.nl)