Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, win32, and image buffers. Experimental backends include OpenGL (through glitz), Quartz, XCB, PostScript and PDF file output.

This is the first in a series of snapshots working toward the upcoming 1.2 release of cairo. (Subsequent snapshots will use successive even numbers for the third digit, 1.1.4, 1.1.6, etc.) This snapshot is backwards-compatible with the 1.0 series---it makes a few API additions but does not remove any API. See a few paragraphs below for details on what's new in 1.1.2.