Scalable Vector Graphics

Introduction to librsvg:

In simple terms, librsvg is a component used within software applications to enable support for SVG-format scalable graphics. In contrast to raster formats, scalable vector graphics provide users and artists a way to create, view, and provide imagery that is not limited to the pixel or dot density that an output device is capable of.

Many software developers use the librsvg library to render SVG graphics. It is lightweight and portable, requiring only libxml and libart at a minimum, while providing extra features when used with libcroco, libgsf, and mozilla. It is included as part of the GNOME Desktop, and is licensed under the LGPL license.

News

librsvg 2.13.0 released (Development release)

October 22, 2005; The first release of our new development branch of librsvg, with this release librsvg primary backend is Cairo in addition to a wide host of rendering fixes and improvements.

librsvg 2.11.1 released

August 29, 2005: On the heels of our previous release here is another releaseof librsvg from the 2.11.x branch. This release fixes some API breakage introduced in librsvg 2.11.0 and also improve the format recognition pattern for gdkpixbufloader.

librsvg 2.11 released

August 26, 2005: The librsvg team is proud to announce a new version ready for download. This versions contains numerous bug and rendering fixes. For details check our release notes. Be sure to look out for cairo support in our next release.

librsvg 2.8.0 released

September 7, 2004: The newest release of librsvg is now ready for download. The librsvg 2.8 series will be part of the GNOME 2.8 desktop platform. This release contains the improvements made early in the 2.7 series, along with many features added after the initial release: filter, masks, patterns, vastly improved text support, mozilla plugin, standalone viewer, and more.

Numerous bugs have also been fixed, and we thank everyone who filed with GNOME bugzilla during the past few months.

GNOME Themes Extras 0.7

April 20, 2004: A new sizzling release of the GNOME-themes-extras package. Be sure to check it out in our themes section.

SVG on the Desktop

March 25, 2004: Christian F.K. Schaller has writen an article about the use of SVG on the desktop. Librsvg is prominetly featured. Read the article on osnews.com.

librsvg 2.7.0 released

March 9, 2004: a new "unstable" release of librsvg is available. This is the branch that will eventually ship with GNOME 2.8. This version has all of the bugfixes from the 2.6 branch as well as:

librsvg 2.7.0 is quite stable and is API/ABI compatible with previous releases. You need not worry about how well this will play with previous librsvg installations - 2.7.0 can be used as a drop-in replacement for them.