svgpath_turtle.py

from __future__ import division  # for running in 2.7+ python
from svg.path import Path, Line, Arc, CubicBezier, QuadraticBezier, parse_path
import turtle

""" demo of using a great python module svg.path by Lennart Regebro see site: https://pypi.org/project/svg.path/
    to draw svg in Tkinter
"""

svgpath = """m 76,232.24998 c 81.57846,-49.53502 158.19366,-20.30271 216,27 61.26714,59.36905 79.86223,123.38417 9,156
-80.84947,31.72743 -125.19991,-53.11474 -118,-91 v 0 """

path = parse_path(svgpath)

# svg.path point method returns a complex number p, p.real and p.imag can pull the x, and y
# # on 0.0 to 1.0 along path, represent percent of distance along path
n = 100  # number of line segments to draw

# pts = []
# for i in range(0,n+1):
#     f = i/n  # will go from 0.0 to 1.0
#     complex_point = path.point(f)  # point(x) is method on svg.path to return point x * 100  percent along path
#     pts.append((complex_point.real, complex_point.imag))

pts = [ (p.real,p.imag) for p in (path.point(i/n) for i in range(0, n+1))]  # list comprehension version or loop above

t = turtle.Turtle()
s = turtle.Screen()

t.penup()
t.setpos(pts[0])
t.down()
for x,y in pts[1:]:
    t.setpos(x,y)

s.mainloop()