Resumen: The computation of the fundamental group of the complement of an algebraic plane curve has been theoretically solved since Zariski–van Kampen, but actual computations are usually cumbersome. In this work, we describe the notion of Wirtinger presentation of such a group relying on the real picture of the curve and with the same combinatorial flavor as the classical Wirtinger presentation; we determine a significant family of curves for which Wirtinger presentation provides the required fundamental group. The above methods allow us to compute that fundamental group for an infinite subfamily of hypocycloids, relating them with Artin groups. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1007/s13398-017-0437-0 Año: 2018 Publicado en: Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales - Serie A: Matematicas 112, 3 (2018), 641-656 ISSN: 1578-7303 Factor impacto JCR: 1.028 (2018) Categ. JCR: MATHEMATICS rank: 87 / 313 = 0.278 (2018) - Q2 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.565 - Algebra and Number Theory (Q2) - Analysis (Q2) - Geometry and Topology (Q2) - Computational Mathematics (Q2) - Applied Mathematics (Q2)