# tikz arc with -latex arrow tip

Why the arc does not fit over the circle if we use -latex arrow tip? Maybe some bug or some bad math computations?

MWE

\documentclass[11pt,margin=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw         (0:1cm) arc (0: 180:1cm) arc (180:0:1cm and 2cm);
\draw         (0:1cm) arc (0:-180:1cm);
\draw[->]     (0:1cm) arc (0:  80:1cm);
\draw[-latex] (0:1cm) arc (0:- 80:1cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

• You will find a description of why this is happening in the manual 16.3.8 (it is not an error). To avoid it use \usetikzlibrary{bending}. – hpekristiansen Dec 26 '16 at 18:08
• @Hans-PeterE.Kristiansen, perfect! It solved my problem. If you wish, please, post an answer. – Sigur Dec 26 '16 at 18:17
• -latex isn't provided by arrows.meta, is it? Doesn't that provide -Latex? – cfr Dec 26 '16 at 20:56
• @cfr, sorry. To be true, that library I am using in other code part. – Sigur Dec 26 '16 at 22:23
• I think decorations.markings is better than bending in this case – Symbol 1 Dec 28 '16 at 14:26

This is a solution using marking. It does not draw any additional curve. Thus there is no chance to have any curve overlap.

\documentclass[11pt,margin=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,decorations.markings}

\begin{document}

\tikzset{
arrow at end/.style={
decorate,decoration={
markings,
mark=at position .999 with{
\arrow{#1};
}
}
}
}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw                    (0:1cm) arc (0: 180:1cm) arc (180:0:1cm and 2cm);
\draw                    (0:1cm) arc (0:-180:1cm);
\draw[arrow at end=>]    (0:1cm) arc (0:  80:1cm);
\draw[arrow at end=latex](0:1cm) arc (0:- 80:1cm);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}