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rootext ◴[] No.42193915[source]
Awesome article.

SDF(or mSDF) isn't the future. It's already "good enough" classic.

> This works, but performance tanks hard, as we solve every > bezier curve segment per pixel

This is "the future" or even present as used in Slug and DirectWrite with great performance

https://sluglibrary.com/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/directwrite/...

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1. Asooka ◴[] No.42194035[source]
I may be remembering totally wrong, but isn't the algorithm used in Slug patented?
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2. qingcharles ◴[] No.42196555[source]
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42194175