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Sometimes it's useful to be able to describe an arbitrary area of a display. Regions provide a mechanism for doing so. Regions are ideal for delimiting large, blobby areas which are relatively free of detail. They are used by the system to describe many &quot;filled shapes.&quot;</P>
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While it is possible to define a region directly, writers familiar with paths may define a path and then call the <COD