SVG Masks

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Last edited Jun 16, 2021

Created on Jun 16, 2021

This example shows how SVG masks can punch a heart-shaped hole through a solid red circle, leaving the surrounding area visible. A `<mask>` element defines the cutout using a black rectangle for invisible regions and a white path for the visible heart shape. The mask is applied to a `<circle>` via the `mask` attribute, with the heart path drawn using an SVG arc and quadratic Bézier commands. The page is plain HTML with inline CSS and JavaScript, requiring no external libraries.

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A bare minimum HTML page demonstrating use of CSS and JavaScript.

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