A tiny, single-header <canvas>-like 2D rasterizer for C++ - a-e-k/canvas_ity

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canvas_ity is a tiny, single-header C++ library for 2D vector graphics rasterization, closely modeled on the W3C HTML5 2D canvas specification. It prioritizes high-quality rendering (trapezoidal antialiasing, gamma-correct blending, bicubic resampling, ordered dithering), ease of use (no dependencies, no GPU required, thread-safe, C++03 compatible), and compact size (~2300 lines, under 36 KiB compiled). It supports nearly the full W3C canvas spec including paths, fills, strokes, gradients, patterns, images, shadows, compositing, and basic TrueType font rendering. Key limitations include single-threaded CPU-only rendering, basic text support, and insecure TTF parsing. Licensed under ISC.

a-e-k/canvas_ity: A tiny, single-header <canvas>-like 2D rasterizer for C++