Calligraphic projection

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Calligraphic projection is a system for displaying or projecting an image composed of a beam of light or electrons directly tracing the image, as opposed to sweeping in raster order over the entire display surface, as in a standard pixel-based display. Calligraphic projection is presently often used for laser lighting displays, whereby one or more laser beams draws an image on a screen by reflecting the laser beam from one or more mirrors attached to a deflecting mechanism.

Analog

Tektronix 4014 and the Evans & Sutherland
Picture System.

Calligraphic projection is sometimes called Lissajous projection, after the mathematical figure (and mathematician).

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