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Doodling with the Mac's command icon
Rotating a looped hook around a central point creates a surprising variety of shapes.
It was chosen by legendary icon designer Susan Kare, who picked it from a symbol dictionary – this shape was already being used in Sweden to highlight an interesting feature on a map. I had to re-read the MDN tutorial on SVG arcs several times, but I did manage to write a<path> that reproduces the original icon as a smooth curve: It’s not 100% rigorous, but it’s the bit I find most interesting and it would feel like cheating if I didn’t even try to explain this – but if trig isn’t your cup of tea, you can skip to the pretty pictures.
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