RoughJS – Create hand-drawn graphics using JavaScript

In plain words

RoughJS is a JavaScript library that enables developers to create graphics with a hand-drawn, sketchy appearance. Launched in 2018, it allows programmers to generate charts, diagrams, and illustrations that look deliberately imperfect and informal rather than polished. The tool is useful for anyone building web applications, presentations, or visualizations who wants to convey a casual, approachable aesthetic through hand-drawn styling.

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From the sources

Rough.js is a small (<9kB gzipped) graphics library that lets you draw in a sketchy , hand-drawn-like , style. The library defines primitives to draw lines, curves, arcs, polygons, circles, and ellipses. It also supports drawing SVG paths . Core algorithms for drawing lines and ellipse outlines were adapted from handy processing lib. Support development of this project by sponsoring on Github Sponsors . Alternatively, you can also sponsor or Open Collectivefrom roughjs.com

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