source: Dev/trunk/d3/src/svg/symbol.js @ 76

d3.svg.symbol = function() {
  var type = d3_svg_symbolType,
      size = d3_svg_symbolSize;

  function symbol(d, i) {
    return (d3_svg_symbols[type.call(this, d, i)]
        || d3_svg_symbols.circle)
        (size.call(this, d, i));
  }

  symbol.type = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return type;
    type = d3.functor(x);
    return symbol;
  };

  // size of symbol in square pixels
  symbol.size = function(x) {
    if (!arguments.length) return size;
    size = d3.functor(x);
    return symbol;
  };

  return symbol;
};

function d3_svg_symbolSize() {
  return 64;
}

function d3_svg_symbolType() {
  return "circle";
}

// TODO cross-diagonal?
var d3_svg_symbols = {
  "circle": function(size) {
    var r = Math.sqrt(size / Math.PI);
    return "M0," + r
        + "A" + r + "," + r + " 0 1,1 0," + (-r)
        + "A" + r + "," + r + " 0 1,1 0," + r
        + "Z";
  },
  "cross": function(size) {
    var r = Math.sqrt(size / 5) / 2;
    return "M" + -3 * r + "," + -r
        + "H" + -r
        + "V" + -3 * r
        + "H" + r
        + "V" + -r
        + "H" + 3 * r
        + "V" + r
        + "H" + r
        + "V" + 3 * r
        + "H" + -r
        + "V" + r
        + "H" + -3 * r
        + "Z";
  },
  "diamond": function(size) {
    var ry = Math.sqrt(size / (2 * d3_svg_symbolTan30)),
        rx = ry * d3_svg_symbolTan30;
    return "M0," + -ry
        + "L" + rx + ",0"
        + " 0," + ry
        + " " + -rx + ",0"
        + "Z";
  },
  "square": function(size) {
    var r = Math.sqrt(size) / 2;
    return "M" + -r + "," + -r
        + "L" + r + "," + -r
        + " " + r + "," + r
        + " " + -r + "," + r
        + "Z";
  },
  "triangle-down": function(size) {
    var rx = Math.sqrt(size / d3_svg_symbolSqrt3),
        ry = rx * d3_svg_symbolSqrt3 / 2;
    return "M0," + ry
        + "L" + rx +"," + -ry
        + " " + -rx + "," + -ry
        + "Z";
  },
  "triangle-up": function(size) {
    var rx = Math.sqrt(size / d3_svg_symbolSqrt3),
        ry = rx * d3_svg_symbolSqrt3 / 2;
    return "M0," + -ry
        + "L" + rx +"," + ry
        + " " + -rx + "," + ry
        + "Z";
  }
};

d3.svg.symbolTypes = d3.keys(d3_svg_symbols);

var d3_svg_symbolSqrt3 = Math.sqrt(3),
    d3_svg_symbolTan30 = Math.tan(30 * Math.PI / 180);