Patent ID: 6970169

Claim:
A method for rendering a mark in a graphics application, the method comprising: receiving, in a graphics application program, information specifying a digital mark, the information including path information specifying a path of the digital mark, shape information specifying a shape of the digital mark, and texture information specifying a texture appearance of the digital mark; generating a sequence of shaped tips that are positioned based on the path information, the shaped tips being shaped so that their combination has the shape of the digital mark; generating a sequence of textured tips that are positioned based on the path information, wherein, for at least one of the textured tips, generating comprises: defining a defined outline for the textured tip; randomly or pseudo-randomly selecting a selected representation of the texture appearance specified by the texture information; and combining the selected representation and the defined outline; and combining the sequence of shaped tips and the sequence of textured tips to derive a visual appearance for the digital mark.