# Curves

## Beziers

* [Bézier curves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve)
* [A Primer on Bézier Curves](https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/)
* [cubic Bézier](https://pomax.github.io/bezierinfo/),
* [Spiro](https://github.com/raphlinus/spiro) spline
* <https://github.com/linebender/spline>
* [The hyperbezier pen tool](https://www.cmyr.net/blog/hyperbezier.html)
* Tools which take some fixed number of points and calculate a curve based on them— are called *splines*. A very accessible overview is Raph’s [dissertation](https://levien.com/phd/thesis.pdf)
* <https://medium.com/@trenti/the-mighty-pen-tool-6b44ff1c32d>
* <https://www.jasondavies.com/animated-bezier/>
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