Developer(s) Dmitry Baranovskiy License MIT License | Written in JavaScript | |
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Initial release August 8, 2008; 8 years ago (2008-08-08) Stable release 2.2.0 / April 13, 2016; 11 months ago (2016-04-13) Website dmitrybaranovskiy.github.io/raphael/ | ||
Raphaël is a cross-browser JavaScript library that draws Vector graphics for web sites. It will use SVG for most browsers, but will use VML for older versions of Internet Explorer. Raphaël currently supports Chrome 5.0+ Firefox 3.0+, Safari 3.0+, Opera 9.5+ and Internet Explorer 6.0+. According to JavaScript analytics service, Libscore, Raphaël is used on over 3,000 websites, including the homepages of Apple's iCloud [1], Food Network[2], Cornell[3], and Philips[4].
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Use
Raphaël is used by first creating an instance of the Raphaël object, which manages the creation of the canvas. The following examples create a canvas that is 320 pixels wide and 200 pixels high:
Once the Raphaël object has been instantiated, its various drawing, resizing and animation methods may be called to build up a vector graphic. This library includes support of Cùfon fonts, a format that turns a given font into a set of vector paths. It is extensible through plugins.
Usage
The widget is used on the Washington Post and the Times Online websites.
Raphaël is also used by iCloud.com, and by Mass Relevance in the White House.