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I can draw the Nike logo in usual way. enter image description here

\documentclass[tikz,border=5mm]{standalone}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing,calligraphy}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
%https://c.static-nike.com/a/images/w_1920,c_limit/bzl2wmsfh7kgdkufrrjq/image.jpg   
\clip (-4.5,-2.5) rectangle (4.5,2.5);
% 2 vertices
\path 
(-2.33,1.19) coordinate (A)
(3.45,1.18)  coordinate (B);

% draw the Nike logo in usual way
\fill[orange] (A)
..controls +(-116:2.45) and +(-165:4.8) .. (B)
..controls +(-153:7.4) and +(-131:3.5) .. cycle
;
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Now I wish to draw it using calligraphy library of TikZ, so I need to define a based curve and a pen. A based curve is something like the following black curve

\def\nikecurve{(A) ..controls +(-123:3.5) and +(-158:4.8) ..(B)}  
\draw \nikecurve;

enter image description here

Question 1: How to define a pen (name nikepen) in order to draw the Nike logo by a single command

\pen[pen name=nikepen] .... 
\calligraphy[pen colour=orange] \nikecurve;

Question 2: Can we do it with some pen (or material) in Asymptote ?

Note:

  1. The way in this link is complex. I think calligraphy may be simpler.
  2. I just take the Nike logo for an simple example. Solutions are expected to be applicable to general situations (see another example, Dove's logo below) as if we have a pen of fine controls of (smoothly) varying thickness and varying colors.

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Black Mild
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    I don't think that the calligraphy library is really suitable for something like the Nike logo as it is designed to emulate a copperplate pen with two thicknesses (light and heavy) and interpolate between the two. The Nike logo is a continual change in thickness. It is more suited to something like the Dove logo, and for that you would need to figure out the paths for the letters and apply the calligraphy style to that, as detailed in the documentation. – Andrew Stacey Nov 09 '20 at 20:50

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