The libart library

Mathieu Lacage

            mathieu@gnu.org
          

Copyright © 2001 by Mathieu Lacage and Raph Levien

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Table of Contents
What is Libart ?
Introduction
File names
LibArt's overall architecture
Using libart
From vector data to pixel buffers
Sample code
A non-displaying application
A displaying application
Basic APIs
Miscealeanous useful APIs
Memory Management — Memory Management API for libart users.
Affine transformation matrices — Instantiate and manipulate Affine transforms.
Art Alpha Gamma Stuff — Gamma-correct your image data.
Construction APIs
Core Construction APIs — Core construction API.
Extended Construction APIs — Extended Construction API
Transformation operations — Transformations which can be applied to bpaths or vpaths.
Rendering APIs
SVPs — Manipulating SVPs
Svp rendering — How to actually render SVPs into pixel buffers.
Known problems
Numerical Stability
Memory Footprint
Libart Internals
Rasterizer
Winding Number Calculation.
How libart does this for true.
Intersector


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