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Ballpoint
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Turns strokes into ballpoint lines: thin and varying, an ink blob at the start, small skips.
Parameters#
#Ink color ink_color
Colour of the ink.
#Pressure variation pressure_variation
How much the line's thickness varies along its length, like pen pressure changing.
#Skip skip
How often the pen lifts, leaving small gaps along the line; 0 draws an unbroken line.
#Skip scale skip_scale
How far apart the pen-lift gaps tend to be.
#Start blob start_blob
How much wider the line starts at the beginning of each stroke, like a pen being pressed down.
#Width width
Base thickness of the ballpoint line.