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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. Lichtso ◴[] No.42194175[source]
Don't forget about implicit curve rendering [0]. The patent will expire soon [1].

[0]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/... [1]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20070097123A1/en