[alexkcd]

Agreed. Even if 2d graphics somehow made sense for standardization, it's not the place to start. How about first standardizing a linear algebra library that defines 2d/n-d vectors & matrixes? It's a prerequisite for an ergonomic 2d graphics library. And even such a library, which arguably has way more utility being in a standard, you'd still be hard pressed to find an optimal design (just look at design tradeoffs between glm, Eigen, etc.).

[pjmlp]

Which is exactly what the authors are now pursuing.

http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2019/p138...