R Graphics Device using Cairo Graphics Library for Creating High-Quality Bitmap (PNG, JPEG, TIFF), Vector (PDF, SVG, PostScript) and Display (X11 and Win32) Output R package Cairo version 1.7-0 R graphics device using cairographics library that can be used to create high-quality vector (PDF, PostScript and SVG) and bitmap output (PNG,JPEG,TIFF), and high-quality rendering in displays (X11 and Win32). Since it uses the same back-end for all output, copying across formats is WYSIWYG. Files are created without the dependence on X11 or other external programs. This device supports alpha channel (semi-transparent drawing) and resulting images can contain transparent and semi-transparent regions. It is ideal for use in server environments (file output) and as a replacement for other devices that don't have Cairo's capabilities such as alpha support or anti-aliasing. Backends are modular such that any subset of backends is supported. Software Depends: R (>= 2.7.0) Imports: grDevices, graphics Suggests: png Enhances: FastRWeb Simon Urbanek <Simon.Urbanek@r-project.org> Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) Simon Urbanek [aut, cre, cph] (https://urbanek.org, ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2297-1732>), Jeffrey Horner [aut] GPL-2 GPL-3 2025-10-29 application/tgz https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=Cairo doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.Cairo