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diff --git a/graphics/gd2/pkg-descr b/graphics/gd2/pkg-descr index 35883e4a4624..f7507cc8d13f 100644 --- a/graphics/gd2/pkg-descr +++ b/graphics/gd2/pkg-descr @@ -1,18 +1,16 @@ -gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images -complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from -other images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a PNG or JPEG -file. This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, where -PNG and JPEG are two of the formats accepted for inline images by most -browsers. +gd is a graphics library. It allows your code to quickly draw images +complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from +other images, and flood fills, and write out the result as a PNG, GIF +or JPEG file. This is particularly useful in World Wide Web applications, +where PNG, GIF and JPEG are three of the formats accepted for inline +images by most browsers. -gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation. -It is not necessary or desirable for gd to become a kitchen-sink -graphics package, but version 2.0 does include most frequently requested -features, including both truecolor and palette images, resampling -(smooth resizing of truecolor images) and so forth. - -AUTHOR - gd was written by Thomas Boutell and is currently distributed by - boutell.com, Inc. +gd does not provide for every possible desirable graphics operation, +but version 2.0 does include most frequently requested features, +including both truecolor and palette images, resampling (smooth +resizing of truecolor images) and so forth. WWW: http://www.boutell.com/gd/ + +- Alex Dupre +sysadmin@alexdupre.com |