LibArt for Windows

LibArt: library for high-performance 2D graphics

Version

2.3.3-1

Description

Libart is a 2D drawing library: its goal is to be a high-quality vector-based 2D library with antialiasing and alpha composition.

Libart is a high-performance rendering library that provides a rich imaging model. Libart's imaging model is a superset of PostScript, and it adds support for antialiasing and alpha compositing (transparency).

Libart is used as the core rendering engine for both the GNOME canvas and the GNOME printing system. It uses sophisticated techniques such as microtile arrays and sorted vector paths to maximize performance.

Libart provides a wealth of vector path-manipulation operations, affine transformations, antialiased and alpha-composited vector path rendering, and functions for manipulating Bézier paths.

Applications for Libart are numerous and cross many disciplines. A brief sampling follows:

• Interactive graphics applications, using libart's sorted vector paths and microtiles to optimize incremental redisplay.
• Dynamic generation of web graphics, for example charts or personalized buttons.
• Rendering maps and other GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data, both for Web delivery and personal computer applications.
• Presentation of biomedical and industrial data on embedded displays.
• SVG viewers and editors for desktop and web graphics.

Homepage

http://www.artofcode.com/libart.html

Download

If you download the Setup version of the package, the dependencies, as listed below under Requirements, are already included, apart from msvcrt.dll. If you download the package as Zip files, then you must take care of the dependencies yourself.

Installation and Usage

General Installation Instructions

Requirements

• MS-Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP with msvcrt.dll. If msvcrt.dll is not in your Windows/System folder, get it from Microsoft or by installing Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher