Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]
Groups > comp.lang.postscript > #2024
| From | Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.postscript |
| Subject | Re: Does this figure have a name |
| Date | 2014-09-05 20:28 +0200 |
| Organization | Decebal Computing |
| Message-ID | <87zjedvs4u.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> (permalink) |
| References | <87r3zrzslw.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <y1vwtiacrf2x$.yudt22etps88.dlg@40tude.net> |
Op Friday 5 Sep 2014 03:06 CEST schreef tlvp: > On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:40:11 +0200, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > >> I created this figure, based on something I have seen: >> 4 4 translate >> >> 10 10 moveto >> 30 10 10 180 360 arc >> 10 0 rlineto >> 50 30 10 -90 90 arc >> 0 10 rlineto >> 30 50 10 0 180 arc >> -10 0 rlineto >> 10 30 10 90 270 arc >> closepath >> stroke >> >> Does this figure has a name? Then I can name the function after it. > > I suspect it does -- it reminds me of a Moorish tile pattern, and I > think those *all* have names. (What name, though, I cannot answer, > sorry.) > > For example, the Marrakech and Granada tiles near the top of page at > <http://www.moroccantile.org/> have a component that's vaguely > similar to your figure except that for using yet another symmetric > right triangle each place on the figure's boundary where you use a > 180 degree arc (semicircle). No need to be sorry. :-) And you gave me something to get inspiration out again. > Perhaps a judicious Google Image search would turn something up > (though it didn't bring me anything noteworthy). HTH. Cheers, -- I am already not very good with normal Google search. But never give up. -- Cecil Westerhof Senior Software Engineer LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof
Back to comp.lang.postscript | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread
Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-04 10:40 +0200
Re: Does this figure have a name Ross Presser <rpresser@gmail.com> - 2014-09-04 13:33 -0700
Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 02:12 +0200
Re: Does this figure have a name Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2014-09-04 22:04 +0000
Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 02:14 +0200
Re: Does this figure have a name tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2014-09-04 21:06 -0400
Re: Does this figure have a name Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2014-09-05 20:28 +0200
csiph-web