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Write text to png with cairo





#include <cairo/cairo.h>

int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
        cairo_surface_t *surface;
        cairo_t *cr;

        surface = cairo_image_surface_create (CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, 240, 80);
        cr = cairo_create (surface);

        cairo_select_font_face (cr, "serif", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_BOLD);
        cairo_set_font_size (cr, 32.0);
        cairo_set_source_rgb (cr, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
        cairo_move_to (cr, 10.0, 50.0);
        cairo_show_text (cr, "Hello, world");
        cairo_destroy (cr);
        cairo_surface_write_to_png (surface, "hello.png");
        cairo_surface_destroy (surface);

        return 0;
}

Compile with:

gcc -o cairotest cairotest.c -lcairo



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IT/DBA/NetSec - Ben Joyner (2012-06-26 18:00:45)
for Fedora 16: #include gcc -l cairo


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