matplotlib.backends.backend_agg

An Anti-Grain Geometry (AGG) backend.

Features that are implemented:

  • capstyles and join styles

  • dashes

  • linewidth

  • lines, rectangles, ellipses

  • clipping to a rectangle

  • output to RGBA and Pillow-supported image formats

  • alpha blending

  • DPI scaling properly - everything scales properly (dashes, linewidths, etc)

  • draw polygon

  • freetype2 w/ ft2font

Still TODO:

  • integrate screen dpi w/ ppi and text