straightedge

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And though the forms are simple, straightedge and mostly quadrilateral, they’re handled in ways that hint at 3D perspective.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

A straightedge can be used to extend a line segment in any direction, and a compass can be used to draw a circle with any radius from the chosen center.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

The black x’s eventually became a hallmark of the straightedge hardcore scene.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016

Customers come for the straightedge shaves and straight talk.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2015

In those days, proving a mathematical theorem was often as simple as drawing an elegant picture; the tools of ancient Greek mathematics weren’t pencil and paper—they were a straightedge and compasses.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife