Method and apparatus for rendering a stroked curve for display in a graphics processing system

An input stroked curve that is received by a graphics processing system can be rendering using at least two, and preferably more, rendering processes that are available for use by the system. The process or processes that are used for rendering the received stroked curve are selected based on whether the input stroked curve comprises one or more regions having a particular characteristic or characteristics, e.g. whether the input stroked curve comprises one or more self-overlapping regions. Preferably, the at least two rendering processes are each capable of correctly rendering different sets of stroked curves. Furthermore, the least two rendering process preferably differ in the processing burden that they place on the graphics processing system.