Libart

Libart
Developer(s) Raph Levien
Written in C
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Graphics library
License LGPL or GPL
Website levien.com

Libart is a free software graphics library of functions for 2D graphics supporting a superset of the PostScript imaging model. Libart was designed to be integrated with graphics, artwork, and illustration programs. It is written in optimized C and is fully compatible with C++. With a small footprint of 10,000 lines of code, it is especially suitable for embedded applications.

Libart provides a vector graphics-based API. Cairo obsoletes almost all uses of libart.

History

Libart was a library for high-performance 2D graphics. Prior to being replaced with Cairo, it had been used as the anti-aliased rendering engine for the Gnome Canvas and for Gill, the Gnome Illustration app.

Gdk-pixbuf used to be a wrapper around libart.

A LGPL'd component of libart was also written, containing all functions needed for running the Gnome Canvas, and for printing support. The GPL'd contained various enhanced functions for specific applications.[1]

Notable usage

  • GNOME Canvas uses Libart as its rendering API.
  • GIMP used Libart for vector rendering.
  • Dia can use Libart for antialiasing and PNG export.

References

  1. ↑ "README file of libart-lgpl".
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.