Package: libgd-perl (2.73-1 and others)

Perl module wrapper for libgd

This is a autoloadable interface module for libgd, a popular library for creating and manipulating PNG files. With this library you can create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files. Features include:

 * Lines, polygons, rectangles and arcs, both filled and unfilled
 * Flood fills
 * The use of arbitrary images as brushes and as tiled fill patterns
 * Line styling (dashed lines and the like)
 * Horizontal and vertical text rendering
 * Support for transparency and interlacing
 * Support for TrueType font rendering, via libfreetype.
 * Support for spline curves, via GD::Polyline
 * Support for symbolic font names, such as "helvetica:italic"
 * Support for symbolic color names, such as "green", via GD::Simple
 * Produces output in png, gif, jpeg and xbm format
 * Produces output in svg format via GD::SVG.

Included with the example code is the perl script qd.pl with QuickDraw routines for generating PICT2 files (used on Apple Macintosh).

Tags: Software Development: Perl Development, Libraries, Implemented in: implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl, Role: Development Library

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