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@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
\subsection{Overview}
There are many ways of filling a path. First, you can fill it using a
-solid color and this is also the fasted method. Second, you can also
+solid color and this is also the fastest method. Second, you can also
fill it using a shading, which means that the color changes smoothly
between two (or more) different colors. Third, you can fill it using a
tiling pattern and it is explained in the following how this is done.
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ internally, a new (fixed) instance of a pattern is declared when
the parameters of a pattern change.
Second, the phase of patterns is not well-defined, that is, it is not
-clear where origin of the ``first'' tile is. To be more precise,
+clear where the origin of the ``first'' tile is. To be more precise,
PostScript and \textsc{pdf} on the one hand and \textsc{svg} on the
other hand define the origin differently. PostScript and \textsc{pdf}
define a fixed origin that is independent of where the path lies. This
has the highly desirable effect that if you use the same pattern to
-fill multiple paths, this has the same effect as if you used the
-pattern to will a single path that is the union of all the paths. By
+fill multiple paths, the outcome is the same as if you had filled a single path consisting of the union of all these paths. By
comparison, \textsc{svg} uses the upper-left (?) corner of the path to
be filled as the origin. However, the \textsc{svg} specification is a
bit vague on this question.
@@ -83,9 +82,9 @@ command is used for this:
\marg{tile size}%
\marg{code}}
- This command declares a new form-only pattern. The \marg{name} is a
- name for later reference. The two parameters \marg{lower left} and
- \marg{upper right} must describe a bounding box that is large enough
+ This command declares a new form-only pattern. The \meta{name} is a
+ name for later reference. The two parameters \meta{lower left} and
+ \meta{upper right} must describe a bounding box that is large enough
to encompass the complete tile.
The size of a tile is given by \meta{tile size}, that is, a tile is
@@ -134,11 +133,11 @@ command is used for this:
Normally, when this argument is empty, once a pattern has been
declared, it becomes ``frozen''. This means that it is not possible
to enlarge the pattern or change the line width later on.
- By specifying \meta{variables} no pattern is actually created.
+ By specifying \meta{variables}, no pattern is actually created.
Instead, the arguments are stored away
(so the macros, registers or keys do not have to be defined in advance).
- When the fill patten is set, \pgfname{} checks if the pattern has
+ When the fill pattern is set, \pgfname{} checks if the pattern has
already been created with the \meta{variables} set to their current
values (\pgfname{} is usually ``smart enough'' to distinguish between
macros, registers and keys). If so, this already-declared-pattern
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ Once a pattern has been declared, it can be used.
This command specifies that paths that are filled should be filled
with the ``color'' by the pattern \meta{name}. For an inherently
colored pattern, the \meta{color} parameter is ignored. For
- form-only patterns, the \meta{color} parameter specified the color
+ form-only patterns, the \meta{color} parameter specifies the color
to be used for the pattern.
\begin{codeexample}[]
\begin{tikzpicture}