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Progressive Levels

mini-svg is structured in three progressive levels.

Each level builds on the previous one.


Level 1 — minisvg_basic

Core SVG primitives:

  • svg_begin
  • svg_end
  • save_svg
  • line
  • rect
  • circle

Example:

from mini_svg import minisvg_basic

parts = []
parts.append(minisvg_basic.svg_begin(400, 300))
parts.append(minisvg_basic.circle(200, 150, 60))
parts.append(minisvg_basic.svg_end())

minisvg_basic.save_svg("basic.svg", parts)

Level 2 — minisvg_intermediate

Adds:

  • text
  • group
  • regular_polygon
  • star
  • cubic_bezier

Example:

from mini_svg import minisvg_intermediate as svg

parts = []
parts.append(svg.svg_begin(400, 300))
parts.append(svg.star(5, (50, 50, 300, 200)))
parts.append(svg.svg_end())

svg.save_svg("star.svg", parts)

Level 3 — minisvg_advanced

Adds:

  • bezier_path_cubic

For more advanced Bézier path composition.

Example:

from mini_svg import minisvg_advanced as svg

segments = [
   (100, 0, 100, 200, 200, 200),
   (300, 200, 300, 0, 400, 0),
]

parts = []
parts.append(svg.svg_begin(500, 300))
parts.append(svg.bezier_path_cubic((0, 0), segments))
parts.append(svg.svg_end())

svg.save_svg("advanced.svg", parts)