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Quartz 2D

Quartz 2D is the native two-dimensional graphics rendering API for macOS and iOS platforms, part of the Core Graphics framework.

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History

NeXTDisplay PostScriptQuartz ExtremeCore Image
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Drawing in Quartz 2D

QuickDrawCartesian coordinate system
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Overview

APIMacOSIOSCore GraphicsPDF
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Drawing in Quartz 2D

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Quartz 2D

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples42
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

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Quartz 2D

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related to history · 14
Quartz 2D → Compositing, Core Graphics, Core Graphics Rendering, Core Graphics Services, Core Image, It, Mac OS, May, NeXT's Display PostScript, Presently, Quartz, Quartz Extreme, With, WWDC
related to Drawing in Quartz 2D · 12
Quartz 2D → Cartesian, Drawing, Each, For, However, OpenGL, PDF, Quartz, QuickDraw, The, This, Thus
related to External links · 8
Quartz 2D → AppleIntroduction, Features, Mac OS, O'Reilly's MacDevCenter, Programming Guide, Quartz, Quartz Extreme, QuickDraw Programmers
related to overview · 7
Quartz 2D → Aqua, ColorSyncDisplaying, Its, PDF, PostScript, Quartz, Rendering
is a · 1
Quartz 2D → native two-dimensional graphics rendering API for macOS and iOS platforms

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quartz 2d graphics rendering drawing core mac os context resolution extreme macos layer postscript quickdraw ios bitmap text output device

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Quartz 2Dis anative two-dimensional graphics rendering API for macOS and iOS platforms0.90text
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DQuartz0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DQuickDraw0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DThe0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DPDF0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DDrawing0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DCartesian0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DHowever0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DEach0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DOpenGL0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DThus0.60section
Quartz 2Drelated to Drawing in Quartz 2DFor0.60section

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