That particular oddity has annoyed me a few times. I for one like your way much better, Juan. But I guess I&#39;d be in favour of sticking with the standards if the standards people have no room for movement. Usually safest ;-)<div>

<br></div><div>There&#39;s a related oddity in Inkscape&#39;s rendering (and probably the standards), the fact that the border is drawn so that it overlaps the fill rather than surrounding it. To be honest, the idea of the stroke surrounding the fill (non-overlapping) makes a lot more intuitive sense to me, especially when you&#39;ve got thick and/or translucent strokes like Juan&#39;s example.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Is somebody able to explain why the overlapping method is used, either for intuitive reasons or technical reasons? Or is it just an arbitrary choice by those who write the standards?</div><div><br></div>

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On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 01:48, Juan Vuletich <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:juan@...2357...">juan@...2357...</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
Inkscape and other SVG renderes draw shapes by drawing first the fill,<br>
and then drawing the border on top. As Ivan noted recently (in &quot;&quot;), at<br>
<a href="http://dev.w3.org/SVG/modules/vectoreffects/master/SVGVectorEffectsPrimer.html" target="_blank">http://dev.w3.org/SVG/modules/vectoreffects/master/SVGVectorEffectsPrimer.html</a><br>
and <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGTiny12/render.html#PaintingShapesAndText" target="_blank">http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGTiny12/render.html#PaintingShapesAndText</a> ,<br>
it is clear that the standard requests to do that.<br>
<br>
I didn&#39;t know that, and took the time to render this svg:<br>
<a href="http://www.jvuletich.org/Morphic3/rects.svg" target="_blank">http://www.jvuletich.org/Morphic3/rects.svg</a> like this:<br>
<a href="http://www.jvuletich.org/Morphic3/rectsInM3.png" target="_blank">http://www.jvuletich.org/Morphic3/rectsInM3.png</a> . It is a bit more<br>
complicated, but I feel it is better.<br>
<br>
What do you think? Should I simplify my code and just draw one over the<br>
other? Or should the standard be changed, and Inkscape and other<br>
renderers do what I did?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Juan Vuletich<br>
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