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Brace

brace(
start: coordinate,end: coordinate,name: stringnone,..style: style,amplitude: number,thickness: numberratio,pointiness: ratio,taper: bool,outer-inset: numberratio,outer-curvyness: ratio,inner-outset: numberratio,inner-curvyness: ratio,outer-thickness: number,content-offset: number,flip: bool,
)

Draw a curly brace between two points.

Styling

Root: brace

Use the fill style for tapered braces and set stroke to none.

Anchors

start
Where the brace starts, same as the start parameter.
end
Where the brace end, same as the end parameter.
spike
Point of the spike, halfway between start and end and shifted by amplitude towards the pointing direction.
content
Point to place content/text at, in front of the spike.
center
Center of the enclosing rectangle.
cetz.decorations.brace((0,1),(2,1))
cetz.decorations.brace((0,0),(2,0), outer-inset: 0)

start:

coordinate
​

Start point

end:

coordinate
​

End point

name:

string or none
​

Element name used for querying anchors

..style:

style
​

Style key-value pairs

amplitude:

number
Default: 0.25cm​

Sets the height of the brace, from its baseline to its middle tip.

thickness:

number or ratio
Default: 0.015cm​

Thickness of tapered braces (if ratio, relative to half the amplitude).

pointiness:

ratio
Default: 50%​

Thickness of the mid-spice

taper:

bool
Default: true​

Draw a tapered brace

outer-inset:

number or ratio
​

Inset of the outer curve points

outer-curvyness:

ratio
​

Curvyness of the outer curves

inner-outset:

number or ratio
​

Inset of the inner tip curve points

inner-curvyness:

ratio
​

Curvyness of the inner tip curves

outer-thickness:

number
Default: 0​

Thickness of the outer tips

content-offset:

number
Default: 0.3​

Offset of the "content" anchor from the spike of the brace.

flip:

bool
Default: false​

Mirror the brace along the line between start and end.