Cairo graphics tutorial

last modified July 17, 2023

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

• Gradients

• Transparency

• Compositing

• Clipping and masking

• Transformations

• Text

• Images in Cairo

• Root window

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.

Related tutorials

PyCairo tutorial presents the Cairo library with the Python language. You may also look at the GTK+ tutorial.

Author

My name is Jan Bodnar, and I am a passionate programmer with extensive programming experience. I have been writing programming articles since 2007. To date, I have authored over 1,400 articles and 8 e-books. I possess more than ten years of experience in teaching programming.