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.IX Title "Imager::Handy 3"
.TH Imager::Handy 3 "2014-01-10" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Imager::Handy \- simple access to common functions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 3
\&  use Imager \*(Aq:handy\*(Aq;
\&  my $color = NC(255, 0, 0);
\&  my $font = NF(1.0, 0, 0);
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
If you use Imager with the \f(CW\*(C`:handy\*(C'\fR import tag, it will export a
number of functions that can shorter your code.
.IP "\s-1\fBNC\s0()\fR" 4
.IX Item "NC()"
.PD 0
.IP "\fBnewcolor()\fR" 4
.IX Item "newcolor()"
.IP "\fBnewcolour()\fR" 4
.IX Item "newcolour()"
.PD
Create a new Imager::Color object, supplying any parameters to the
\&\fBnew()\fR method.
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\&  my $color = NC(\*(Aqred\*(Aq);
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.IP "\s-1\fBNF\s0()\fR" 4
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.PD 0
.IP "\fBnewfont()\fR" 4
.IX Item "newfont()"
.PD
Create a new Imager::Font object, supplying any parameters to the
\&\fBnew()\fR method.
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\&  my $font = NF(file => \*(Aqfoo.ttf\*(Aq);
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.IP "\s-1\fBNCF\s0()\fR" 4
.IX Item "NCF()"
Create a new Imager::Color::Float object, supplying any parameters
to the \fBnew()\fR method.
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.SH "BUGS"
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\&\s-1\fBNC\s0()\fR can be mostly replaced by supplying the color name or other
description directly to the drawing method.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Tony Cook <tonyc@cpan.org>