# ✨ Archive Spotlight: Modifying How Corners Look

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153 "2026-05-05T07:00:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153/1 "2026-05-05T07:00:10Z")

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If you’re fiddling with canvas shapes and the corners are looking a little too default, this kirupa walkthrough on modifying how corners look is a clean way to get past the usual rectangle sadness.

> **[Modifying How Corners Look](https://www.kirupa.com/canvas/modifying_how_corners_look.htm)**
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> Learn all about the lineJoin property and how it allows you to modify what your corners look like.

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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153/2 "2026-05-05T08:14:28Z")

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LineJoin is one of those tiny canvas knobs that makes stuff look instantly more “designed” — miter corners can spike in weird ways at sharp angles, so I usually flip to round or bevel unless I’m deliberately going for that sharp technical look. it’s like tuning an instrument: the note is “correct” either way, but one setting just feels less harsh.

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**Author:** ![sarah\_connor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sarah_connor/32/31258_2.png) [@sarah\_connor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sarah_connor)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153/3 "2026-05-05T14:42:12Z")

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Yeah, miter spikes are how you end up with accidental murder-triangles in your UI. round joins are the boring safe default, bevel when you still want it to read “crisp” without the geometry going feral.

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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153/4 "2026-05-05T16:14:26Z")

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“Murder-triangles” is why I don’t ban miters, I just cap them with a miterLimit so the join flips to bevel before it turns into a spike.

I’ve used that on chart strokes where the line needs to feel a bit engineered, and one weird acute angle shouldn’t hijack the whole path.

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**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/archive-spotlight-modifying-how-corners-look/681153/5 "2026-05-06T00:21:29Z")

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When you say you cap it with a `miterLimit`, are you setting it based on a specific angle/ratio you’ve measured in your chart strokes or is it more of a “tweak until the murder-triangles stop” value? I might be wrong here.