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DESCRIPTION
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gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images
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complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from
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other images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a .PNG file.
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This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where .PNG
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is the format used for inline images.
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gd is not a paint program. If you are looking for a paint program, try
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xpaint by David Koblas, available by anonymous FTP from ftp.netcom.com
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in pub/ko/koblas. (That package is for the X Window System; for the Mac
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and the PC, paint programs are considerably easier to find.)
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gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation. It
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is not necessary or desirable for gd to become a kitchen-sink graphics
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package, but version 1.3 incorporates most of the commonly requested
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features for an 8-bit 2D package. Support for scalable fonts, and
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truecolor images, JPEG and PNG is planned for version 2.0.
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AUTHOR
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gd was written by Thomas Boutell and is currently distributed by
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boutell.com, Inc.
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WWW: http://www.boutell.com/gd/
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This port draws text using fonts in Russian KOI8-R encoding.
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--
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Sergey Groznyh <gsm@infosite.ru>
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