Kozea/WeasyPrint

Dotted borders require a lot of PDF paths

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#2,526 opened on Aug 15, 2025

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Tested under windows 11 with Weasyprint 65.1 and 66

66: 33.6 KB 65.1: 3.74 KB

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      body {
        border: 1px dotted black;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>

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Examine the code for drawing dotted borders in WeasyPrint and optimize the path generation for PDF output.
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python
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performance
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