Ballpoint

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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.

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