Cairo graphics tutorial

This is Cairo graphics tutorial. The tutorial will teach you the basics of graphics programming in Cairo with the C programming language. This tutorial is for beginners and intermediate developers.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Cairo definitions
• Cairo backends
• Basic drawing
• Shapes and fills
• Transparency
• Compositing
• Clipping and Masking
• Transformations
• Text
• Images in Cairo
• Custom GTK widget

Cairo

Cairo is a library for creating 2D vector graphics. It is written in the C programming language. There are bindings for other computer languages. Python, Perl, C++, C# or Java. Cairo is a multiplatform library. It works on Linux, BSDs, OSX.

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