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HTML
<canvas id="canvas1" width="400" height="400" style="border: 1px solid black;"></canvas>
JavaScript
// 1.
// Varying line width, stroking each piece of line separately
var ctx = document.getElementById('canvas1').getContext('2d');
var points = [null, null, null, null];
for(var i=-1; i<25; i = i +1)
{
var width = 0.5 + i/2;
var m = 200;
var x = Math.cos(i/4) * 180;
var y = Math.sin(i/4) * 140;
points[0] = points[1];
points[1] = points[2];
points[2] = { X:x, Y:y};
if(points[0] == null)
continue;
var p0 = points[0];
var p1 = points[1];
var p2 = points[2];
var x0 = (p0.X + p1.X) / 2;
var y0 = (p0.Y + p1.Y) / 2;
var x1 = (p1.X + p2.X) / 2;
var y1 = (p1.Y + p2.Y) / 2;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = width;
ctx.strokeStyle = "black";
ctx.moveTo(m+x0, m+y0);
ctx.quadraticCurveTo(m+p1.X, m+p1.Y, m+x1, m+y1);
ctx.stroke();
}