[reportlab-users] Shape + Stroke problem

[Andy Robinson]

On 7 June 2012 14:01, Robin Becker <robin at reportlab.com> wrote:

> Andy claims it is a deliberate feature that strokes with zero width appear

> in postscript/pdf. He says the intent was to implement some drawing

> convention eg a hairline.


That's actually what the Postscript specification says/said.  If you
imagine a CAD system where a line represents the edge of, say, a piece
of metal or a cardboard box, you need a way to specify "an edge".

Blank colour is the way to make invisible strokes, not zero width.

- Andy