1Cairo is a vector graphics library with cross-device output
2support. Currently supported output targets include the X Window
3System and in-memory image buffers. PostScript and PDF file output is
4planned. Cairo is designed to produce identical output on all output
5media while taking advantage of display hardware acceleration when
6available (eg. through the X Render Extension).
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8Cairo provides a stateful user-level API with capabilities similar to
9the PDF 1.4 imaging model. Cairo provides operations including stroking
10and filling Bezier cubic splines, transforming and compositing translucent
11images, and antialiased text rendering.
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