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Bezier curves (the regular kind) cannot represent circles and ellipses, this is true. However, rational Bezier curves can [1]. I don't know if PostScript has a
by ttd 2y ago
Bezier curves (the regular kind) cannot represent circles and ellipses, this is true. However, rational Bezier curves can [1]. I don't know if PostScript has a rational Bezier primitive, but some drawing libraries do. A prominent example of a library that does is Skia, the rendering engine behind Chrome and Android.
[1] - e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve#Rational_B%C3%A9zier_curves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve#Rational_B%C...