Squares with rounded corners?

Is there a proper name for a square (or rectangle) with rounded corners?

It’s such a common shape these days (just look around you!), but I can’t think what they’re called 😕 – and it’s bugging me

Is there a proper name for a square (or rectangle) with rounded corners?

i think the new name for this is circle

iSquare?

A rountangle.

I thought it was a Squircle…

roundtangle.

It’s a safety square. (-:

It’s actually a squircle, believe it or not. I think ’rounded square’ is also valid.

in 3DSMax the 3d version is called a chamfered box.

Ah, Wikipedia knows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squircle

Apparently it’s a special case of a superellipse.

Cartouche?

And, it seems that a squircle and a rounded square aren’t quite the same thing.

Squircle in black, rounded square in red.

Who knew.

Cartouche

Gesundheit.

the difference being quadrant or half parabola I spose?

No yeti, I left the d out intentionally. You can have too many ds in your life some days.

DDoh, sorry Darcy, I’m a liDDle obsesseDD.

Dunno about squircles & stuff but apparently the Bermuda Triangle used to be called The Bermuda Rectangle…
Until one of the sides mysteriously disappeared.

😆

probably been waiting 10 years for a thread to post that on 🙂

Or is it as old as Mr Milligan? 🙂

Squircle ????

If it wasn’t there in black and white in Wikipedia, I’d think you were winding me up 🙄

I don’t know the answer, but this thread has the making of turning into a right old ding-dong, with the possibility of someone issuing threats of actual violence should they meet their adversary in Real Life™….

Lol cougar 🙂

A rectangle with rounded sides was known as quartic when BL brilliantly fitted it as a steering wheel to the Allaggro in ’73.

Allegro.

Ahem – “Allaggro” being a portmanteau of “Allegro” and “aggro”, and ownership of one being “all aggro”…