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by dmitriid 2637 days ago
> are either unmaintained (like Antigrain)

The author of Antigrain passed away a few years back, sadly.

It was and still probably is one of the best graphics libraries out there, and he was really hoping for a time when antialias-free, vector-based UI on high-pixel-density screens would become reality.

[1] Announcement in Russian: https://rsdn.org/forum/life/5377743.flat

"Maxim Shemanarev 1966-2013. Tragically, unexpectedly passed away in his home at 47." The discussion that follows names epileptic seizure as the cause of death.

[2] For example, this glorious text on text rasterization from 2007 http://www.antigrain.com/research/font_rasterization/index.h...