The “basics” are all there...

• Paths can:
  • be closed or open
  • define arcs, quadratic and cubic splines, …
  • be filled with colour, gradients, patterns, …
  • be shortcut for rectangles, circles, …
• Attributes can control line style, dash, joining, miter, …
• Bitmap images can be included
• Clipping, masking
• Separate text element with tons of attributes
  • e.g., to ensure internationalization (right to left or vertical writings)
• Graphics can be nested and/or referred to as “symbols”
• Everything can be transformed
  • rotated, skewed, translated, etc
• All the “usual” operations of 2D graphics are available