Along/across-stroke gradients

[Keavon]

There are two directions:

• Along the stroke

  See this for info about how to approximate this. We can also just split up the stroke into a lot of pieces with solids colors, or with linear gradients aiming to go from the start to end, using greater subdivision where the start and end planes bend more quickly to aim for them to be close to parallel so the linear gradient works.

  

• Across the stroke

  Repeat the stroke many times with increasing thickness. Use the technique described in Stroke alignment #2268 for not mirroring at the centerline.

  

Regardless of method or direction, masking is likely necessary to handle end caps properly.

[krVatsal]

Useful reference for mesh gradient rendering and the SVG spec: http://tavmjong.free.fr/SVG/MESH/Mesh.html