[cairo] Spot colors (and CMYK)

[Kai-Uwe Behrmann]

Am 20.02.10, 12:19 +0100 schrieb ecir hana:
> On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Kai-Uwe Behrmann <ku.b at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> I think it s backend specific and the cairo API can not make assumptions,
>> in which order things are to be drawn. Still the passed colour objects can
>> be immediately be forgoten inside cairo if no longer needed or copied
>> otherwise. The PDF case would be a draw and forget case.
>
> I thought Cairo is "immediate mode" kind of library, as opposed to
> "retained mode".
>
>> Same for colours without CMS. The current cairo colour toy API can still
>> process colours. This is similiar to the font toy API.
>
> What do you mean by "current cairo colour toy API"?
> "cairo_set_source_rgb()"? That doesn't handle CMYK and spots. Are you

Yes to the former and agreed with the later.

> saying that in order to use CMYK I have to use CMS and have the needed
> profiles? Because that's something I don't really like because
> sometimes I just know that the text should be CMYK(0, 0, 0, 100) or
> that I want to use exactly 100% of this Pantone - I shouldn't be
> required to have a profile for it.

Your app might define something special in own hooks.

kind regards
Kai-Uwe Behrmann
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developing for colour management 
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