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Pulcinella on Nov 2, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Introducing the layer based SVG engine

Yes so most rendering of vector art(including SVG) is done on the CPU. It would be nice to use the GPU to greatly accelerate that rendering.

TheRealNGenius on Nov 2, 2021 [–]

Ah alright, thanks for the explanation. Figma uses WebGL for their rendering, so I would assume that their rendering of vector art is accelerated as they don't use SVG.

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