Text layers can follow a path (start offset, flip, alignment; edited in place; canvas, PNG, SVG, PDF; SVG textPath imports as real text on a path). A new pattern paint tiles a source layer in grid or hex rows with scale, spacing and alignment, live as the source changes (SVG pattern, PDF vector tiling pattern).
Boolean operands are editable in place with live results (per-operand operations, cached prefixes so a drag recomputes from the edited operand up); a Design panel Arc section; the shape builder takes strokes and open paths as outlined areas; variable width points can be wider on one side.
A stroke can carry a width profile: widths at positions along the path
(each subpath by length), interpolated smoothly (monotone cubic).
- doc: WidthProfile / WidthPoint / WidthPreset (uniform, wedge, taper both
ends, eye, rounded, pinch) on StrokeProps, serde-defaulted so older files
load; paint reach and hit testing follow the widest point.
- pathops: path measuring by length and the variable outline (offset along
the normals, round/miter/bevel joins, caps, dashes keep their width,
Inside/Outside clip as before; bounded samples and dashes, uniform
fallback). Canvas, PNG, SVG (filled outline), PDF and outline stroke use it.
- engine: stroke.widthProfile {preset | points}, node.set widthProfile,
inspect output; the Variable width tool (Shift+W) in vector edit mode:
drag the path to add a width point, slide points, drag their handles,
Delete removes the selected one; vector.edit.widthPoint add/set/remove.
Every gesture is one undo step.
- UI: width profile dropdown with previews drawn in code and a flip button
in the stroke settings; the tool in the edit toolbar (new icon drawn in
code); width handles and a hover preview on the canvas; Position/Width
fields for the selected width point.
- Tests: profile maths, outlines, render regressions, tool gestures,
commands, exports and junk sweeps. ROADMAP, README, docs updated.
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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