Raph Levien

[rljacobson]

If you are not already familiar with his work, Raph Levien’s blog is a treasure for computer graphics nerds. I recommend the following articles in particular:

1. Fitting cubic Bézier curves
2. Parallel curves of cubic Béziers
3. Simplifying Bézier paths

Also interesting is his work on alternatives to Béziers, like curves based on Euler Spirals. (Inkscape has support for "Spiro" paths and B-Splines, which I really like. I'd like to see more of this in drawing programs.)

Many of his algorithms are implemented in the Kurbo Rust library.

[Keavon]

Indeed, Raph is an invaluable asset for our project. His work on Vello is especially crucial since it will be the basis for our render engine. We're often in touch about spline stuff!