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12 samples from the mermaid demo corpus, rendered both ways. The three SebastianJS forms come off one layout, so the measurements below hold for all of them.

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Example 1

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architecture-beta
group api(cloud)[API]

service db(database)[Database] in api
service disk1(disk)[Storage] in api
service disk2(disk)[Storage] in api
service server(server)[Server] in api
service gateway(internet)[Gateway] 

db:L -- R:server
disk1:T -- B:server
disk2:T -- B:db
server:T -- B:gateway

Example 2

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architecture-beta
group api[API]
group public[Public API] in api
group private[Private API] in api


service serv1(server)[Server] in public


service serv2(server)[Server] in private
service db(database)[Database] in private

service gateway(internet)[Gateway] in api

serv1:B -- T:serv2

serv2:L -- R:db

serv1:L -- R:gateway

Example 3

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architecture-beta
service unknown(iconnamedoesntexist)[Unknown Icon]

Example 4

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architecture-beta
service db(database)[Database]
service s3(disk)[Storage]
service serv1(server)[Server 1]
service serv2(server)[Server 2]
service disk(disk)[Disk]

db:L -- R:s3
serv1:L -- T:s3
serv2:L -- B:s3
serv1:T -- B:disk

Example 5

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service servC(server)[Server 1]
service servL(server)[Server 2]
service servR(server)[Server 3]
service servT(server)[Server 4]
service servB(server)[Server 5]

servC:L <--> R:servL
servC:R <--> L:servR
servC:T <--> B:servT
servC:B <--> T:servB

servL:T <--> L:servT
servL:B <--> L:servB
servR:T <--> R:servT
servR:B <--> R:servB

Example 6

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architecture-beta
service servC(server)[Server 1]
service servL(server)[Server 2]
service servR(server)[Server 3]
service servT(server)[Server 4]
service servB(server)[Server 5]

servC:L <--> R:servL
servC:R <--> L:servR
servC:T <--> B:servT
servC:B <--> T:servB

servT:L <--> T:servL
servB:L <--> B:servL
servT:R <--> T:servR
servB:R <--> B:servR

Example 7

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architecture-beta
group left_group(cloud)[Left]
group right_group(cloud)[Right]
group top_group(cloud)[Top]
group bottom_group(cloud)[Bottom]
group center_group(cloud)[Center]

service left_disk(disk)[Disk] in left_group
service right_disk(disk)[Disk] in right_group
service top_disk(disk)[Disk] in top_group
service bottom_disk(disk)[Disk] in bottom_group
service center_disk(disk)[Disk] in center_group

left_disk{group}:R <--> L:center_disk{group}
right_disk{group}:L <--> R:center_disk{group}
top_disk{group}:B <--> T:center_disk{group}
bottom_disk{group}:T <--> B:center_disk{group}

Example 8

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service servC(server)[Server 1]
service servL(server)[Server 2]
service servR(server)[Server 3]
service servT(server)[Server 4]
service servB(server)[Server 5]

servC:L -[Label]- R:servL
servC:R -[Label]- L:servR
servC:T -[Label]- B:servT
servC:B -[Label]- T:servB

servL:T -[Label]- L:servT
servL:B -[Label]- L:servB
servR:T -[Label]- R:servT
servR:B -[Label]- R:servB

Example 9

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service servC(server)[Server 1]
service servL(server)[Server 2]
service servR(server)[Server 3]
service servT(server)[Server 4]
service servB(server)[Server 5]

servC:L -[Label that is Long]- R:servL
servC:R -[Label that is Long]- L:servR
servC:T -[Label that is Long]- B:servT
servC:B -[Label that is Long]- T:servB

servL:T -[Label that is Long]- L:servT
servL:B -[Label that is Long]- L:servB
servR:T -[Label that is Long]- R:servT
servR:B -[Label that is Long]- R:servB

Example 10

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architecture-beta
service left_disk(disk)[Disk]
service top_disk(disk)[Disk]
service bottom_disk(disk)[Disk]
service top_gateway(internet)[Gateway]
service bottom_gateway(internet)[Gateway]
junction juncC
junction juncR

left_disk:R -- L:juncC
top_disk:B -- T:juncC
bottom_disk:T -- B:juncC
juncC:R -- L:juncR
top_gateway:B -- T:juncR
bottom_gateway:T -- B:juncR

Example 11

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group left
group right
service left_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
service top_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
service bottom_disk(disk)[Disk] in left
service top_gateway(internet)[Gateway] in right
service bottom_gateway(internet)[Gateway] in right
junction juncC in left
junction juncR in right

left_disk:R -- L:juncC
top_disk:B -- T:juncC
bottom_disk:T -- B:juncC


top_gateway:B <-- T:juncR
bottom_gateway:T <-- B:juncR

juncC{group}:R --> L:juncR{group}

Example 12

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SebastianJSHTML labels, as mermaid emits themno foreignObject, no stylesheet, no font neededrasterized at 2x by resvg, fonts from the registry
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mermaid-cli rendering
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architecture-beta
service s3(logos:aws-s3)[Cloud Store]
service ec2(logos:aws-ec2)[Server]
service api(logos:aws-api-gateway)[Api Gateway]
service fa(fa:image)[Font Awesome Icon]