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  Re: The math of circular truetype fonts  
From: Lummox JR
Date: 21 Feb 2000 14:48:52
Message: <38B197B7.3F8D@aol.com>
Ron Parker wrote:
> Really?  How does it help to know the length of the chord connecting the
> two endpoints?  What do you get if you assume it to be zero?

If the two endpoints match, then the text pretty much covers 360 degrees
as a total angle.
By knowing the length of the "total" chord connecting the two endpoints,
since I also know the angle that goes with that chord then the radius
would be easy to find from there.

Lummox JR


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