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+## [v1.5](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.5) (2025-06-16)
+
+- Allow `diagrams-lib-1.5` and remove `DiagramLoopOpts` which is no
+  longer supported
+- Allow `optparse-applicative-0.19`
+
+## [v1.4.3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.3) (2024-11-06)
+
+- Require `data-default-0.8`
+
+## [v1.4.2.1-r3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.2.1-r3) (2024-08-13)
+
+- Allow `base-4.20`, `containers-0.7`, `lens-5.3`, `hashable-1.5`
+- Test on GHC 9.10
+
+## [v1.4.2.1-r2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.2.1-r2) (2024-02-13)
+
+- Allow `base-4.19`
+- Test on GHC 9.8
+
+## [v1.4.2.1-r1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.2.1-r1) (2023-08-16)
+
+- Allow `bytestring-0.12`
+
+## [v1.4.2.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.2.1) (2023-07-10)
+
+- Allow `base-4.18`, `mtl-2.3`, `optparse-applicative-0.18`,
+  `unix-2.8`
+- Test with GHC 9.4 and 9.6
+
+## [v1.4.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.2) (2022-01-26)
+
+- Test with GHC 9.0 (requires `--allow-newer`)
+- Allow `base-4.15`, `lens-5.1`, `bytestring-0.11`,
+  `transformers-0.6`, `hashable-1.4`
+- Add `Eq Options` instance required for `Hashable`
+
+- r1 (6 Feb 2022): allow `optparse-applicative-0.17`
+- r2 (19 Aug 2022): allow `vector-0.13`
+- r3 (4 Jan 2023): allow `lens-5.2`, test with GHC 9.2, drop official support for GHC < 8.8
+
+## [v1.4.1.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.1.1) (2019-01-11)
+
+- Drop GHC 7.10 and 8.0 support
+- Test with GHC 8.6 and 8.8
+
+- r1: allow `lens-4.19` and `linear-1.21`
+- r2: allow `base-4.14`, `diagrams-core-1.5`, `lens-5.0`,
+  `optparse-applicative-0.16`
+
+## [v1.4.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4.1) (2018-05-17)
+
+- Allow `base-4.11` and `lens-4.16`
+- Add `Semigroup` instance for `Render Cairo V2 Double`
+- Drop GHC 7.8 support
+
+## [v1.4](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.4) (2016-10-26)
+
+- No significant changes, just bumping version for diagrams 1.4
+  release
+
+- Allow `vector-0.12` (Hackage revision 1)
+- Allow `base-4.10` and `optparse-applicative-0.14` (Hackage rev 2)
+
+## [v1.3.1.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.1.2) (2016-08-22)
+
+- Require `optparse-applicative-0.13` and fix compilation error
+
+## [v1.3.1.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.1.1) (2016-08-16)
+
+- Allow `optparse-applicative-0.13`
+
+## [v1.3.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.1) (2016-06-16)
+
+- Bump upper bounds to allow:
+    - `base-4.9`
+    - `data-default-class-0.1`
+    - `transformers-0.5.x`
+
+- New module `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text` with better text support
+  (based on `pango`)
+
+## [v1.3.0.6](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.6) (2016-05-01)
+
+- allow `lens-4.14`
+- New module `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text` (should have been minor
+  version bump; if you want to depend on this module please use
+  `diagrams-cairo-1.3.1` or later).
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.3.0.5...v1.3.0.6)
+
+## [v1.3.0.5](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.5) (2015-09-29)
+
+  - Allow `optparse-applicative-0.12`
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.3.0.4...v1.3.0.5)
+
+## [v1.3.0.4](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.4) (2015-09-17)
+
+  - Allow `lens-4.13`
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.3.0.3...v1.3.0.4)
+
+## [v1.3.0.3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.3) (2015-07-19)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.3.0.2...v1.3.0.3)
+
+## [v1.3.0.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.2) (2015-05-26)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.3.0.1...v1.3.0.2)
+
+## [v1.3.0.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3.0.1)(2015-04-25)
+
+**Fixed bug:**
+
+- Reflection should be included in transformation returned by adjustDia [\#63](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/63)
+
+## [v1.3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.3)(2015-04-19)
+
+- allow `lens-4.9`
+- update for `diagrams-1.3`
+
+## [v1.2.0.7](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.7) (2015-04-04)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.5...v1.2.0.7)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- loop when rendering text [\#59](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/59)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- remove Text module [\#60](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/60) ([bergey](https://github.com/bergey))
+
+## [v1.2.0.6] () (2015-01-12)
+
+- allow `lens-4.7`
+
+## [v1.2.0.5](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.5) (2014-12-25)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.4...v1.2.0.5)
+
+## [v1.2.0.4](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.4) (2014-11-17)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.3...v1.2.0.4)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- expose gifRender [\#55](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/55)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Bump lens upper version bounds [\#58](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/58) ([RyanGlScott](https://github.com/RyanGlScott))
+
+- Update for new measure and size spec. [\#57](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/57) ([cchalmers](https://github.com/cchalmers))
+
+- Diagram B [\#56](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/56) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+- port to linear instead of vector-space [\#54](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/54) ([bergey](https://github.com/bergey))
+
+## [v1.2.0.3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.3) (2014-10-08)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.2-1...v1.2.0.3)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- --loop disables generating multiple files [\#50](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/50)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- loop using fsnotify [\#53](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/53) ([bergey](https://github.com/bergey))
+
+## [v1.2.0.2-1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.2-1) (2014-09-08)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.2...v1.2.0.2-1)
+
+## [v1.2.0.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.2) (2014-09-07)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2.0.1...v1.2.0.2)
+
+## [v1.2.0.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2.0.1) (2014-08-22)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.2...v1.2.0.1)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Problems with yellow color in gif animation [\#51](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/51)
+
+## [v1.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.2) (2014-06-02)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.1.0.1...v1.2)
+
+**New features**
+
+- Much improved text support using the `pango` library instead of
+  cairo's "toy" text API.
+
+- Support for linear and radial gradients on strokes and fills.
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- textLineBoundedIO sometimes produces incorrect envelopes [\#19](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/19)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Mac OS X/XQuartz: Can't render single letter [\#43](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/43)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Pango [\#49](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/49) ([bergey](https://github.com/bergey))
+
+- fix text scaling [\#48](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/48) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+- DImage implemented [\#47](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/47) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+- Units [\#46](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/46) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+- Gradient [\#37](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/37) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+## [v1.1.0.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.1.0.1) (2014-03-19)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.1...v1.1.0.1)
+
+## [v1.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.1) (2014-03-09)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.0.1.2...v1.1)
+
+**New features**
+
+- It is now possible to directly output animated GIFs, using the
+  `gifMain` function
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Color conversions have huge impact on performance [\#44](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/44)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Fix documentation typo \(subtable -\> suitable\) [\#45](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/45) ([robx](https://github.com/robx))
+
+## [v1.0.1.2](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.0.1.2) (2014-02-06)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.0.1.1...v1.0.1.2)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- Build failure for GHC 7.4 [\#42](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/42)
+
+## [v1.0.1.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.0.1.1) (2014-01-30)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.0.1...v1.0.1.1)
+
+## [v1.0.1](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.0.1) (2014-01-26)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v1.0...v1.0.1)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Add Hashable instance for Options Cairo R2 [\#41](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/41) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+- Making animated GIFs directly from diagrams using Cairo. [\#40](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/40) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+## [v1.0](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v1.0) (2013-11-25)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v0.7...v1.0)
+
+**New Features**
+
+- Re-implement via new backend `RTree` interface.
+
+- Use new command-line interface from `diagrams-lib`.
+
+- Export `B` as an alias for `Cairo` token.
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- opacity does not affect text [\#15](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/15)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Backend tree conversion [\#36](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/36) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+- Lens [\#35](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/35) ([jeffreyrosenbluth](https://github.com/jeffreyrosenbluth))
+
+## [v0.7](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v0.7) (2013-08-09)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/compare/v0.6...v0.7)
+
+**New features**
+
+- New `renderCairo` function for more convenient use of the cairo
+  backend.
+
+- Lots of Haddock documentation improvements.
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Lines should not be filled [\#32](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/32)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Updates for new trail API. [\#31](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/31) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+## [v0.6](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/tree/v0.6) (2012-12-12)
+
+**New features**
+
+- New `--list` option for `multiMain` to list all available diagrams
+
+- Major documentation improvements
+
+- New modules:
+
+  + `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr`, for rendering directly to buffers
+    in memory
+
+  + `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.List`, for rendering to a list of lists
+  of pixels.
+
+**API changes**
+
+- Removal of `StyleParam` from `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text`, change
+  functions in that module to accept `Style R2`.  Usage can be fixed
+  by applying these style functions to `mempty`.
+
+- GTK rendering has been split out into a new package, diagrams-gtk.
+
++ The `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Gtk` module is now
+  `Diagrams.Backend.Gtk` in the `diagrams-gtk` package.
+
++ The `CairoOptions` record has a new boolean `cairoBypassAdjust`
+  option; when set, the backend should bypass calling `adjustDia2D`.
+
++ The GTK output type is gone.
+
++ There is a new `RenderOnly` output type, for when you don't
+  care about the `IO` action but only want the cairo `Render` action.
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- old-time and 7.6 [\#21](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/21)
+
+- Use of deprecated 'try' function in Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal [\#12](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/12)
+
+- Better error message when image file does not exist [\#11](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/11)
+
+- Path doesn't get resized correctly when no transformations are applied to it [\#6](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/6)
+
+- Make Cairo backend smarter about missing attributes [\#4](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/4)
+
+- Attribute transformations are not handled correctly when rendering [\#3](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/3)
+
+**Closed issues:**
+
+- vector-space-0.8.5 breaks compilation [\#27](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/27)
+
+- ‘cairoBypassAdjust’ undocumented [\#23](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/23)
+
+- Improve diagrams-cairo documentation [\#10](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/10)
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- Additional rendering functions, for Ptr Word8 and \[\[Colour a\]\] [\#25](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/25) ([haasn](https://github.com/haasn))
+
+- `old-time` to `time` [\#22](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/22) ([fryguybob](https://github.com/fryguybob))
+
+- split out gtk rendering into a separate package [\#20](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/20) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+- use requiredScaleT in place of deprecated adjustSize [\#17](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/17) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+- call setDefault2DAttributes even when bypassing size adjustments [\#16](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/16) ([byorgey](https://github.com/byorgey))
+
+## [v0.5.0.2]() (13 May 2012)
+
+* Allow building under `mtl` 2.1.*
+
+## [v0.5.0.1]() (9 March 2012)
+
+* Remove statement in package description that a development version
+    of `gtk2hs` must be used with GHC 7.4; this is no longer true as of
+    the 0.12.3 release of `gtk2hs`.
+
+## [v0.5]() (March 2012)
+
+**New features**
+
+- New `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text` module by Michael Sloan, with
+  functions for creating appropriately sized text objects by
+  querying cairo for the size, and related supporting functions.
+
+- Basic support for animation with `animMain` function, by
+  generating frames sampled at regular intervals.
+
+- Proper vertical alignment of default text based on font
+  parameters (Michael Sloan).
+
+- Requesting just a width or height now causes the other to be
+  computed appropriately.
+
+**API changes**
+
+- Move `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo` to
+  `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal` and export everything.
+  `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo` now just re-exports selected functions
+  from `Internal`.  This allows anyone who wants access to the
+  helper/utility functions to import `Internal`.
+
+**Dependency/version changes**
+
+- relax `cmdargs` upper bound
+
+- GHC 7.4.1 compatibility: update `base`, `filepath`, and
+  `old-time` upper bounds
+
+**Bug fixes**
+
+- [\#54](http://code.google.com/p/diagrams/issues/detail?id=54): Generate warning for missing image files (Ian Ross).
+
+## [v0.4]() (22 October 2011)
+
+* New features:
+
+  + Support for drawing directly to Gtk widgets
+
+    + Support for path fill rule attribute
+
+* New/improved examples
+
+* Improved documentation
+
+* Bug fixes:
+
+    + Warning for unsupported image types (#41)
+
+## [v0.3]() (18 June 2011)
+
+* Some new/improved examples
+
+* New features:
+
+    + simple text support
+
+    + simple support for external PNG images
+
+## [v0.2]() (3 June 2011)
+
+* add `Typeable` and other instances for `Cairo` type
+
+* generalize `Result` type to `(IO (), Render ())`, so programs that
+    don't want to generate a file but just want a `Render` operation
+    (*e.g.* to use to paint a gtk window) can use the second component.
+
+* add support for opacity attribute and path clipping
+
+## [v0.1.2]() (18 May 2011)
+
+* link to new website
+
+## [v0.1.1]() (18 May 2011)
+
+* fix tic-tac-toe example
+
+## [v0.1]() (17 May 2011)
+
+* initial preview release
+
+
+\* *This Change Log was automatically generated by (and hand edited) [github_changelog_generator](https://github.com/skywinder/Github-Changelog-Generator)*
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-1.2.0.7 (2 April 2015)
-----------------------
-
- - allow `lens-4.9`
-
-1.2.0.6 (13 Jan 2015)
----------------------
-
-- Allow `lens-4.7`
-
-1.2.0.5 (25 December 2014)
---------------------------
-
-- Allow `JuicyPixels-3.2`
-
-1.2.0.4 (17 November 2014)
---------------------------
-
-- Allow `lens-4.6`
-
-1.2.0.3 (8 October 2014)
-------------------------
-
-- Allow  `optparse-applicative-0.11`
-
-1.2.0.2 (7 September 2014)
---------------------------
-
-- Allow optparse-applicative-0.10
-
-1.2.0.1 (22 August 2014)
-------------------------
-
-- Allow lens-4.4
-- Allow cairo-0.13 and pango-0.13
-
-1.2 (27 May 2014)
------------------
-
-* **New features**
-
-    - Much improved text support using the `pango` library instead of
-      cairo's "toy" text API.
-
-    - Support for linear and radial gradients on strokes and fills.
-
-* **Dependency/version changes
-
-  - Allow `opt-parse-applicative-0.9`
-  - Allow `lens-4.2`
-  - Allow `mtl-2.2`
-  - Allow `transformers-0.4`
-
-1.1.0.2 (19 March 2014)
-----------------------
-
-- Allow `lens-4.1`
-
-1.1.0.1 (18 March 2014)
------------------------
-
-- Allow `optparse-applicative-0.8`
-
-1.1 (8 March 2014)
-------------------
-
-* **New features**
-
-    - It is now possible to directly output animated GIFs, using the
-      `gifMain` function.
-
-* **Dependency/version changes**
-
-    - allow `diagrams-core-1.1` and `diagrams-lib-1.1`
-    - allow `unix-2.7`
-    - allow `vector-0.10`
-
-* **Bug fixes**
-
-    - Don't explicitly draw final segment of a loop if it is straight
-      ([#38](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/38))
-
-1.0.1.2 (6 February 2014)
--------------------------
-
-    - Require diagrams-lib >= 1.0.1
-
-1.0.1.1: 30 January 2014
-------------------------
-
-    - Work around bug in GHC 7.4.2, which can't derive Generic for associated
-      data types.
-
-1.0.1: 26 January 2014
-----------------------
-
-    - Add `Hashable (Options Cairo R2)` instance
-
-1.0: 25 November 2013
----------------------
-
-    - Re-implement via new backend `RTree` interface.
-    - Use new command-line interface from `diagrams-lib`.
-    - Export `B` as an alias for `Cairo` token.
-
-0.7: 9 August 2013
-------------------
-
-* **New features**
-
-    - New `renderCairo` function for more convenient use of the cairo
-      backend.
-    - Lots of Haddock documentation improvements.
-
-* **New instances**
-
-    - `Show` instance for `Options Cairo R2`.
-
-0.6: 11 December 2012
----------------------
-
-* **New features**
-
-    - New `--list` option for `multiMain` to list all available diagrams
-
-    - Major documentation improvements
-
-    - New modules:
-
-        + `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr`, for rendering directly to buffers
-          in memory
-
-        + `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.List`, for rendering to a list of lists
-          of pixels.
-
-* **API changes**
-
-    - Removal of `StyleParam` from `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text`, change
-      functions in that module to accept `Style R2`.  Usage can be fixed
-      by applying these style functions to `mempty`.
-
-    - GTK rendering has been split out into a new package, diagrams-gtk.
-
-	+ The `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Gtk` module is now
-	  `Diagrams.Backend.Gtk` in the `diagrams-gtk` package.
-
-	+ The `CairoOptions` record has a new boolean `cairoBypassAdjust`
-	  option; when set, the backend should bypass calling `adjustDia2D`.
-
-	+ The GTK output type is gone.
-
-	+ There is a new `RenderOnly` output type, for when you don't
-	  care about the `IO` action but only want the cairo `Render` action.
-
-* **Dependency/version changes**
-
-    - Upper bounds relaxed to allow
-      `base`-4.6, `unix`-2.6, `cmdargs`-0.10, `split`-0.2.*, `mtl`-2.1
-
-    - Add a dependency on `time`, and conditional compilation to use
-      either ClockTime or UTCTime depending on the version of the
-      `directory` package
-
-    - Add dependency on `colour`
-
-    - Lower bound on `cairo` raised to 0.12.4
-
-* **Bug fixes**
-
-    - Fixed looped compile mode, which was repeatedly trying to compile
-      when the code contained errors, instead of trying once and then
-      waiting for a change.
-
-    - Fix a bug where default attributes were not being set when using
-      the "bypass" mode used by the gtk backend. ([\#16](https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/pull/16))
-
-0.5.0.2 : 13 May 2012
----------------------
-
-* Allow building under `mtl` 2.1.*
-
-0.5.0.1 : 9 March 2012
-----------------------
-
-* Remove statement in package description that a development version
-    of `gtk2hs` must be used with GHC 7.4; this is no longer true as of
-    the 0.12.3 release of `gtk2hs`.
-
-0.5: 9 March 2012
------------------
-
-* **New features**
-    - New `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text` module by Michael Sloan, with
-      functions for creating appropriately sized text objects by
-      querying cairo for the size, and related supporting functions.
-    - Basic support for animation with `animMain` function, by
-      generating frames sampled at regular intervals.
-    - Proper vertical alignment of default text based on font
-      parameters (Michael Sloan).
-    - Requesting just a width or height now causes the other to be
-      computed appropriately.
-
-* **API changes**
-    - Move `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo` to
-      `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal` and export everything.
-      `Diagrams.Backend.Cairo` now just re-exports selected functions
-      from `Internal`.  This allows anyone who wants access to the
-      helper/utility functions to import `Internal`.
-
-* **Dependency/version changes**
-    - relax `cmdargs` upper bound
-    - GHC 7.4.1 compatibility: update `base`, `filepath`, and
-      `old-time` upper bounds
-
-* **Bug fixes**
-    - [\#54](http://code.google.com/p/diagrams/issues/detail?id=54): Generate warning for missing image files (Ian Ross).
-
-0.4: 22 October 2011
---------------------
-
-* New features:
-    + Support for drawing directly to Gtk widgets
-    + Support for path fill rule attribute
-
-* New/improved examples
-
-* Improved documentation
-
-* Bug fixes:
-    + Warning for unsupported image types (#41)
-
-0.3: 18 June 2011
------------------
-
-* Some new/improved examples
-
-* New features:
-    + simple text support
-    + simple support for external PNG images
-
-0.2: 3 June 2011
-----------------
-
-* add `Typeable` and other instances for `Cairo` type
-
-* generalize `Result` type to `(IO (), Render ())`, so programs that
-    don't want to generate a file but just want a `Render` operation
-    (*e.g.* to use to paint a gtk window) can use the second component.
-
-* add support for opacity attribute and path clipping
-
-0.1.2: 18 May 2011
-------------------
-
-* link to new website
-
-0.1.1: 18 May 2011
-------------------
-
-* fix tic-tac-toe example
-
-0.1: 17 May 2011
-----------------
-
-* initial preview release
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-Copyright 2011-2013 diagrams-cairo team:
+Copyright 2011-2015 diagrams-cairo team:
 
   Daniel Bergey <bergey@alum.mit.edu>
+  Christopher Chalmers <c.chalmers@me.com>
   Sam Griffin <sam.griffin@gmail.com>
   Niklas Haas <nand@lavabit.com>
   John Lato <jwlato@gmail.com>
+  Chris Mears <chris@cmears.id.au>
   Jeffrey Rosenbluth <Jeffrey.Rosenbluth@gmail.com>
   Ian Ross <ian@skybluetrades.net>
+  Justus Sagemüller <sagemueller@geo.uni-koeln.de>
+  Ryan Scott <ryan.gl.scott@ku.edu>
   Michael Sloan <mgsloan@gmail.com>
   Luite Stegeman <stegeman@gmail.com>
   Kanchalai Suveepattananont <ksuvee@seas.upenn.edu>
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/diagrams/diagrams-cairo.png)](http://travis-ci.org/diagrams/diagrams-cairo)
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/diagrams/diagrams-cairo.png?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/diagrams/diagrams-cairo)
 
 _diagrams-cairo_ is a rendering backend for [diagrams], a powerful,
 flexible, declarative domain-specific language for creating vector graphics,
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@
 A simple example that uses _diagrams-cairo_ to draw a blue circle:
 
 ```haskell
+{-# LANGUAGE NoMonomorphismRestriction #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies              #-}
+
 import Diagrams.Prelude
 import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.CmdLine
 
+d :: Diagram B
 d = circle 1 # fc blue
 
 main = mainWith (pad 1.1 d)
diff --git a/diagrams-cairo.cabal b/diagrams-cairo.cabal
--- a/diagrams-cairo.cabal
+++ b/diagrams-cairo.cabal
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 Name:                diagrams-cairo
-Version:             1.2.0.7
+Version:             1.5
 Synopsis:            Cairo backend for diagrams drawing EDSL
 Description:         A full-featured backend for rendering
                      diagrams using the cairo rendering engine.
                      .
+                     This ultimately depends on a C library, via
+                     Haskell's FFI, and can be difficult to install on
+                     some platforms. If you are just looking for a
+                     quick way to visualize diagrams, try the
+                     diagrams-svg backend; if you want raster output
+                     like PNG, try the diagrams-rasterific backend; if
+                     you want to embed diagrams in LaTeX documents,
+                     try diagrams-pgf.
+                     .
                      * "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.CmdLine" - if you're
                        just getting started with diagrams, begin here.
                      .
@@ -15,17 +24,13 @@
                        Users should normally not need to import this
                        module.
                      .
-                     * "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text" - cairo-specific
-                       text support, including automatic bounding
-                       boxes.
-                     .
                      * "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.List" - render diagrams
                        to two-dimensional lists of colors (/i.e./
                        pixels).
                      .
                      * "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr" - render diagrams
                        to buffers in memory.
-Homepage:            http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams
+Homepage:            https://diagrams.github.io
 License:             BSD3
 License-file:        LICENSE
 Author:              Brent Yorgey
@@ -33,9 +38,10 @@
 Bug-reports:         http://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues
 Category:            Graphics
 Build-type:          Simple
-Cabal-version:       >=1.10
-Extra-source-files:  CHANGES.markdown, README.markdown
-Tested-with:         GHC == 7.4.2, GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.3
+Cabal-version:       2.0
+Extra-source-files:  README.markdown
+Extra-doc-files:     CHANGELOG.md
+Tested-with:         GHC ==8.8.4 || ==8.10.7 || ==9.0.2 || ==9.2.8 || ==9.4.8 || ==9.6.5 || ==9.8.2 || ==9.10.1
 Source-repository head
   type:     git
   location: http://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo.git
@@ -48,34 +54,29 @@
                        Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr
                        Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text
   Hs-source-dirs:      src
-  Build-depends:       base >= 4.2 && < 4.8,
-                       mtl >= 2.0 && < 2.3,
-                       process,
-                       directory,
+  Build-depends:       base >=4.2 && <4.21,
+                       mtl >=2.0 && <2.4,
                        filepath,
-                       old-time,
-                       time,
-                       diagrams-core >= 1.2 && < 1.3,
-                       diagrams-lib >= 1.2 && < 1.3,
-                       cairo >= 0.12.4 && < 0.14,
-                       pango >= 0.12.5  && < 0.14,
+                       diagrams-core >=1.3 && <1.6,
+                       diagrams-lib >=1.3 && <1.6,
+                       cairo >=0.12.4 && <0.14,
+                       pango >=0.12.5 && <0.14,
                        colour,
-                       split >= 0.1.2 && < 0.3,
-                       containers >= 0.3 && < 0.6,
-                       lens >= 3.8 && < 4.10,
-                       data-default-class >= 0.0.1 && < 0.1,
-                       statestack >= 0.2 && < 0.3,
-                       JuicyPixels >= 3.1.3.2 && < 3.3,
-                       vector >= 0.10.0 && < 0.11,
-                       bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11,
-                       optparse-applicative >= 0.10 && < 0.12,
-                       transformers >= 0.3 && <0.5,
-                       hashable >= 1.1 && < 1.3
-  if impl(ghc < 7.6)
-    Build-depends: ghc-prim
+                       split >=0.1.2 && <0.3,
+                       containers >=0.3 && <0.8,
+                       lens >=3.8 && <5.4,
+                       data-default >=0.8 && <0.9,
+                       statestack >=0.2 && <0.4,
+                       JuicyPixels >=3.1.3.2 && <3.4,
+                       vector >=0.10.0 && <0.14,
+                       array >=0.4.0 && <0.6,
+                       bytestring >=0.9 && <0.12 || ^>=0.12.0,
+                       optparse-applicative >=0.13 && <0.20,
+                       transformers >=0.3 && <0.7,
+                       hashable >=1.1 && <1.6
 
   default-language:    Haskell2010
 
   if !os(windows)
     cpp-options: -DCMDLINELOOP
-    Build-depends:     unix >= 2.4 && < 2.8
+    Build-depends:     unix >=2.4 && <2.9
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies, CPP #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
@@ -26,36 +27,37 @@
 --   'Diagrams.Core.Types.Backend' instance for @Cairo@.  In particular,
 --   'Diagrams.Core.Types.renderDia' has the generic type
 --
--- > renderDia :: b -> Options b v -> QDiagram b v m -> Result b v
+-- > renderDia :: b -> Options b v n -> QDiagram b v n m -> Result b v n
 --
 -- (omitting a few type class constraints).  @b@ represents the
--- backend type, @v@ the vector space, and @m@ the type of monoidal
--- query annotations on the diagram.  'Options' and 'Result' are
--- associated data and type families, respectively, which yield the
--- type of option records and rendering results specific to any
--- particular backend.  For @b ~ Cairo@ and @v ~ R2@, we have
+-- backend type, @v@ the vector space, @n@ the numeric field, and @m@
+-- the type of monoidal query annotations on the diagram.  'Options'
+-- and 'Result' are associated data and type families, respectively,
+-- which yield the type of option records and rendering results
+-- specific to any particular backend.  For @b ~ Cairo@, @v ~ V2@, and
+-- @n ~ Double@, we have
 --
--- > data family Options Cairo R2 = CairoOptions
--- >          { _cairoFileName     :: String     -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
--- >          , _cairoSizeSpec     :: SizeSpec2D -- ^ The requested size of the output
--- >          , _cairoOutputType   :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
--- >          , _cairoBypassAdjust :: Bool       -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
+-- > data family Options Cairo V2 Double = CairoOptions
+-- >          { _cairoFileName     :: String             -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
+-- >          , _cairoSizeSpec     :: SizeSpec V2 Double -- ^ The requested size of the output
+-- >          , _cairoOutputType   :: OutputType         -- ^ the output format and associated options
+-- >          , _cairoBypassAdjust :: Bool               -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
 -- >          }
 --
 -- @
--- type family Result Cairo R2 = (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
+-- type family Result Cairo V2 Double = (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
 -- @
 --
 -- So the type of 'renderDia' resolves to
 --
 -- @
--- renderDia :: Cairo -> Options Cairo R2 -> QDiagram Cairo R2 m -> (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
+-- renderDia :: Cairo -> Options Cairo V2 Double -> QQDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any m -> (IO (), 'Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Render' ())
 -- @
 --
 -- which you could call like so:
 --
 -- @
--- renderDia Cairo (CairoOptions \"foo.png\" (Width 250) PNG False) (myDiagram :: Diagram Cairo R2)
+-- renderDia Cairo (CairoOptions \"foo.png\" (Width 250) PNG False) (myDiagram :: QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any)
 -- @
 --
 -- This would return a pair; the first element is an @IO ()@ action
@@ -63,7 +65,8 @@
 -- rendering action which can be used, for example, to directly draw
 -- to a Gtk window.  Note the type annotation on @myDiagram@ which may
 -- be necessary to fix the type variable @m@; this example uses the
--- type synonym @Diagram b v = QDiagram b v Any@ to fix @m = Any@.
+-- type synonym @Diagram b = QDiagram b (V b) (N b) Any@ to fix @m = Any@
+-- and fix @v@ and @n@ to backend specific types.
 --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
@@ -95,10 +98,10 @@
   , B
   ) where
 
-import System.FilePath (takeExtension)
+import           System.FilePath                 (takeExtension)
 
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
-import Diagrams.Prelude
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
+import           Diagrams.Prelude
 
 -- $CairoOptions
 --
@@ -106,21 +109,17 @@
 -- associated data families, so we must just provide it manually.
 -- This module defines
 --
--- > data family Options Cairo R2 = CairoOptions
--- >           { _cairoFileName   :: String     -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
--- >           , _cairoSizeSpec   :: SizeSpec2D -- ^ The requested size of the output
--- >           , _cairoOutputType :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
--- >           }
+-- > data family Options Cairo V2 Double = CairoOptions
+-- >   { _cairoFileName   :: String     -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
+-- >   , _cairoSizeSpec   :: SizeSpec V2 Double -- ^ The requested size of the output
+-- >   , _cairoOutputType :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
+-- >   , _cairoBypassAdjust  :: Bool    -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
+-- >   }
 --
 -- See the documentation at the top of "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo" for
 -- information on how to make use of this.
---
--- /Important note/: a bug in GHC 7.0.x and 7.4.1 prevents
--- re-exporting this data family.  (Strangely, this bug seems to be
--- present in 7.0 and 7.4 but not 7.2.) To bring CairoOptions into
--- scope when using GHC 7.0.x or 7.4 you must import
--- "Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal".
 
+
 -- | Render a diagram using the cairo backend, writing to the given
 --   output file and using the requested size.  The output type (PNG,
 --   PS, PDF, or SVG) is determined automatically from the output file
@@ -129,7 +128,7 @@
 --   This function is provided as a convenience; if you need more
 --   flexibility than it provides, you can call 'renderDia' directly,
 --   as described above.
-renderCairo :: FilePath -> SizeSpec2D -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO ()
+renderCairo :: FilePath -> SizeSpec V2 Double -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO ()
 renderCairo outFile sizeSpec d
   = fst (renderDia Cairo (CairoOptions outFile sizeSpec outTy False) d)
   where
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/CmdLine.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/CmdLine.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/CmdLine.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/CmdLine.hs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE CPP                  #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances    #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell      #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP               #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies      #-}
 
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 --   information.
 --
 -- For a tutorial on command-line diagram creation see
--- <http://projects.haskell.org/diagrams/doc/cmdline.html>.
+-- <https://diagrams.github.io/doc/cmdline.html>.
 --
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         -- * GIF support
 
         , GifOpts(..)
+        , gifRender
 
         -- * Backend tokens
 
@@ -82,63 +83,40 @@
        , B
        ) where
 
-import Codec.Picture
-import Codec.Picture.ColorQuant            (defaultPaletteOptions)
-import Data.Vector.Storable                (unsafeFromForeignPtr0)
-import Foreign.ForeignPtr.Safe             (ForeignPtr)
-import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L (ByteString, writeFile)
-import Data.Word                           (Word8)
-import Options.Applicative
-
-import Control.Lens                        ((^.), Lens', makeLenses)
+import           Codec.Picture
+import           Codec.Picture.ColorQuant        (defaultPaletteOptions)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy            as L (ByteString, writeFile)
+import           Data.Vector.Storable            (unsafeFromForeignPtr0)
+import           Data.Word                       (Word8)
+import           Options.Applicative
 
-import Diagrams.Prelude hiding             (width, height, interval, (<>)
-                                           ,option)
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr          (renderForeignPtrOpaque)
-import Diagrams.Backend.CmdLine
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr      (renderForeignPtrOpaque)
+import           Diagrams.Backend.CmdLine
+import           Diagrams.Prelude                hiding (height, interval,
+                                                  option, output, width)
 
 -- Below hack is needed because GHC 7.0.x has a bug regarding export
 -- of data family constructors; see comments in Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
 #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 702 || __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 704
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
 #endif
 
-#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 706
-import Prelude hiding      (catch)
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+import           Foreign.ForeignPtr.Safe         (ForeignPtr)
 #else
-import Prelude
+import           Foreign.ForeignPtr              (ForeignPtr)
 #endif
 
-import Data.List.Split
+import           Data.List.Split
 
-#ifdef CMDLINELOOP
-import Data.Maybe          (fromMaybe)
-import Control.Monad       (when, mplus)
-import Control.Lens        (_1)
+-- | Extra options for animated GIFs.
+data GifOpts = GifOpts { _dither     :: Bool
+                       , _noLooping  :: Bool
+                       , _loopRepeat :: Maybe Int}
 
-import System.Environment  (getArgs, getProgName)
-import System.Directory    (getModificationTime)
-import System.Process      (runProcess, waitForProcess)
-import System.IO           (openFile, hClose, IOMode(..),
-                            hSetBuffering, BufferMode(..), stdout)
-import System.Exit         (ExitCode(..))
-import Control.Concurrent  (threadDelay)
-import Control.Exception   (catch, SomeException(..), bracket)
+makeLenses ''GifOpts
 
-import System.Posix.Process (executeFile)
-#if MIN_VERSION_directory(1,2,0)
-import Data.Time.Clock (UTCTime,getCurrentTime)
-type ModuleTime = UTCTime
-getModuleTime :: IO  ModuleTime
-getModuleTime = getCurrentTime
-#else
-import System.Time         (ClockTime, getClockTime)
-type ModuleTime = ClockTime
-getModuleTime :: IO  ModuleTime
-getModuleTime = getClockTime
-#endif
-#endif
 
 -- $mainwith
 -- The 'mainWith' method unifies all of the other forms of @main@ and is now
@@ -149,7 +127,7 @@
 -- will produce a program that looks for additional number and color arguments.
 --
 -- > ... definitions ...
--- > f :: Int -> Colour Double -> Diagram Cairo R2
+-- > f :: Int -> Colour Double -> Diagram Cairo
 -- > f i c = ...
 -- >
 -- > main = mainWith f
@@ -211,30 +189,15 @@
 -- $ ./MyDiagram -o dia.pdf -h 200 -w 200 -l -i 10
 -- @
 
-defaultMain :: Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO ()
+defaultMain :: QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO ()
 defaultMain = mainWith
 
-#ifdef CMDLINELOOP
-output' :: Lens' (MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2)) FilePath
-output' = _1 . output
-
-instance Mainable (Diagram Cairo R2) where
-    type MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2) = (DiagramOpts, DiagramLoopOpts)
-
-    mainRender (opts,loopOpts) d = do
-        chooseRender opts d
-        when (loopOpts^.loop) (waitForChange Nothing loopOpts)
-#else
-output' :: Lens' (MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2)) FilePath
-output' = output
-
-instance Mainable (Diagram Cairo R2) where
-    type MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2) = DiagramOpts
+instance Mainable (QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any) where
+    type MainOpts (QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any) = DiagramOpts
 
     mainRender opts d = chooseRender opts d
-#endif
 
-chooseRender :: DiagramOpts -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO ()
+chooseRender :: DiagramOpts -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO ()
 chooseRender opts d =
   case splitOn "." (opts ^. output) of
     [""] -> putStrLn "No output file given."
@@ -249,9 +212,9 @@
                    Cairo
                    ( CairoOptions
                      (opts^.output)
-                     (mkSizeSpec
-                       (fromIntegral <$> opts ^. width )
-                       (fromIntegral <$> opts ^. height)
+                     (fromIntegral <$> mkSizeSpec2D
+                       (opts ^. width )
+                       (opts ^. height)
                      )
                      outTy
                      False
@@ -278,12 +241,12 @@
 -- $ ./MultiTest --selection bar -o Bar.png -w 200
 -- @
 
-multiMain :: [(String, Diagram Cairo R2)] -> IO ()
+multiMain :: [(String, QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any)] -> IO ()
 multiMain = mainWith
 
-instance Mainable [(String, Diagram Cairo R2)] where
-    type MainOpts [(String, Diagram Cairo R2)]
-        = (MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2), DiagramMultiOpts)
+instance Mainable [(String, QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any)] where
+    type MainOpts [(String, QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any)]
+        = (MainOpts (QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any), DiagramMultiOpts)
 
     mainRender = defaultMultiMainRender
 
@@ -303,62 +266,13 @@
 --
 -- The @--fpu@ option can be used to control how many frames will be
 -- output for each second (unit time) of animation.
-animMain :: Animation Cairo R2 -> IO ()
+animMain :: Animation Cairo V2 Double -> IO ()
 animMain = mainWith
 
-instance Mainable (Animation Cairo R2) where
-    type MainOpts (Animation Cairo R2) = (MainOpts (Diagram Cairo R2), DiagramAnimOpts)
-
-    mainRender = defaultAnimMainRender output'
-
-#ifdef CMDLINELOOP
-waitForChange :: Maybe ModuleTime -> DiagramLoopOpts -> IO ()
-waitForChange lastAttempt opts = do
-    prog <- getProgName
-    args <- getArgs
-    hSetBuffering stdout NoBuffering
-    go prog args lastAttempt
-  where go prog args lastAtt = do
-          threadDelay (1000000 * opts^.interval)
-          -- putStrLn $ "Checking... (last attempt = " ++ show lastAttempt ++ ")"
-          (newBin, newAttempt) <- recompile lastAtt prog (opts^.src)
-          if newBin
-            then executeFile prog False args Nothing
-            else go prog args $ newAttempt `mplus` lastAtt
-
--- | @recompile t prog@ attempts to recompile @prog@, assuming the
---   last attempt was made at time @t@.  If @t@ is @Nothing@ assume
---   the last attempt time is the same as the modification time of the
---   binary.  If the source file modification time is later than the
---   last attempt time, then attempt to recompile, and return the time
---   of this attempt.  Otherwise (if nothing has changed since the
---   last attempt), return @Nothing@.  Also return a Bool saying
---   whether a successful recompilation happened.
-recompile :: Maybe ModuleTime -> String -> Maybe String -> IO (Bool, Maybe ModuleTime)
-recompile lastAttempt prog mSrc = do
-  let errFile = prog ++ ".errors"
-      srcFile = fromMaybe (prog ++ ".hs") mSrc
-  binT <- maybe (getModTime prog) (return . Just) lastAttempt
-  srcT <- getModTime srcFile
-  if (srcT > binT)
-    then do
-      putStr "Recompiling..."
-      status <- bracket (openFile errFile WriteMode) hClose $ \h ->
-        waitForProcess =<< runProcess "ghc" ["--make", srcFile]
-                           Nothing Nothing Nothing Nothing (Just h)
-
-      if (status /= ExitSuccess)
-        then putStrLn "" >> putStrLn (replicate 75 '-') >> readFile errFile >>= putStr
-        else putStrLn "done."
-
-      curTime <- getModuleTime
-      return (status == ExitSuccess, Just curTime)
-
-    else return (False, Nothing)
+instance Mainable (Animation Cairo V2 Double) where
+    type MainOpts (Animation Cairo V2 Double) = (DiagramOpts, DiagramAnimOpts)
 
- where getModTime f = catch (Just <$> getModificationTime f)
-                            (\(SomeException _) -> return Nothing)
-#endif
+    mainRender opts d =  defaultAnimMainRender chooseRender output opts d
 
 -- | @gifMain@ takes a list of diagram and delay time pairs and produces a
 --   command line program to generate an animated GIF, with options @GifOpts@.
@@ -386,16 +300,9 @@
 --    --looping-off            Turn looping off
 --    --loop-repeat ARG        Number of times to repeat
 -- @
-gifMain :: [(Diagram Cairo R2, GifDelay)] -> IO ()
+gifMain :: [(QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any, GifDelay)] -> IO ()
 gifMain = mainWith
 
--- | Extra options for animated GIFs.
-data GifOpts = GifOpts { _dither :: Bool
-                       , _noLooping :: Bool
-                       , _loopRepeat :: Maybe Int}
-
-makeLenses ''GifOpts
-
 -- | Command line parser for 'GifOpts'.
 --   @--dither@ turn dithering on.
 --   @--looping-off@ turn looping off, i.e play GIF once.
@@ -412,8 +319,8 @@
                        ( long "loop-repeat"
                       <> help "Number of times to repeat" )
 
-instance Mainable [(Diagram Cairo R2, GifDelay)] where
-    type MainOpts [(Diagram Cairo R2, GifDelay)] = (DiagramOpts, GifOpts)
+instance Mainable [(QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any, GifDelay)] where
+    type MainOpts [(QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any, GifDelay)] = (DiagramOpts, GifOpts)
 
     mainRender (dOpts, gOpts) ds = gifRender (dOpts, gOpts) ds
 
@@ -425,7 +332,7 @@
 
 
 encodeGifAnimation' :: [GifDelay] -> GifLooping -> Bool
-                   -> [Image PixelRGB8] -> Either String (L.ByteString)
+                   -> [Image PixelRGB8] -> Either String L.ByteString
 encodeGifAnimation' delays looping dithering lst =
     encodeGifImages looping triples
       where
@@ -444,7 +351,7 @@
   | num == 0 || denom == 0 = i
   | otherwise = round (num / denom * fromIntegral i)
 
-gifRender :: (DiagramOpts, GifOpts) -> [(Diagram Cairo R2, GifDelay)] -> IO ()
+gifRender :: (DiagramOpts, GifOpts) -> [(QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any, GifDelay)] -> IO ()
 gifRender (dOpts, gOpts) lst =
   case splitOn "." (dOpts^.output) of
     [""] -> putStrLn "No output file given"
@@ -461,7 +368,7 @@
                                 Just n  -> LoopingRepeat (fromIntegral n)
                dias = map fst lst
                delays = map snd lst
-               (diaWidth, diaHeight) = size2D (head dias)
+               V2 diaWidth diaHeight = size (head dias)
            fPtrs <- mapM (renderForeignPtrOpaque w h) dias
            let imageRGB8s = map (imageRGB8FromUnsafePtr w h) fPtrs
                result = writeGifAnimation'
@@ -473,4 +380,4 @@
            case result of
              Left s   -> putStrLn s
              Right io -> io
-       | otherwise -> putStrLn $ "File name must end with .gif"
+       | otherwise -> putStrLn "File name must end with .gif"
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Internal.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Internal.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP                       #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric             #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ExistentialQuantification #-}
@@ -5,8 +6,10 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances         #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE GADTs                     #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables       #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell           #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators             #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TypeSynonymInstances      #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns              #-}
 
@@ -45,26 +48,31 @@
 import           Diagrams.TwoD.Adjust            (adjustDia2D,
                                                   setDefault2DAttributes)
 import           Diagrams.TwoD.Path              (Clip (Clip), getFillRule)
-import           Diagrams.TwoD.Size              (requiredScaleT, sizePair)
-import           Diagrams.TwoD.Text hiding       (font)
+import           Diagrams.TwoD.Text              hiding (font)
 
 import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo        as C
 import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.Matrix as CM
-import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Pango as P
+import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Pango        as P
 
+import           Codec.Picture
+import           Codec.Picture.Types             (convertImage, packPixel,
+                                                  promoteImage)
+
+
 import           Control.Exception               (try)
-import           Control.Lens                    hiding (transform, ( # ))
 import           Control.Monad                   (when)
 import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
 import qualified Control.Monad.StateStack        as SS
 import           Control.Monad.Trans             (lift)
-import           Data.Default.Class
+import qualified Data.Array.MArray               as MA
+import           Data.Bits                       (rotateL, (.&.))
 import qualified Data.Foldable                   as F
 import           Data.Hashable                   (Hashable (..))
 import           Data.List                       (isSuffixOf)
 import           Data.Maybe                      (catMaybes, fromMaybe, isJust)
 import           Data.Tree
 import           Data.Typeable
+import           Data.Word                       (Word32)
 import           GHC.Generics                    (Generic)
 
 -- | This data declaration is simply used as a token to distinguish
@@ -77,6 +85,9 @@
 
 type B = Cairo
 
+type instance V Cairo = V2
+type instance N Cairo = Double
+
 -- | Output types supported by cairo, including four different file
 --   types (PNG, PS, PDF, SVG).  If you want to output directly to GTK
 --   windows, see the @diagrams-gtk@ package.
@@ -95,7 +106,7 @@
 
 -- | Custom state tracked in the 'RenderM' monad.
 data CairoState
-  = CairoState { _accumStyle :: Style R2
+  = CairoState { _accumStyle :: Style V2 Double
                  -- ^ The current accumulated style.
                , _ignoreFill :: Bool
                  -- ^ Whether or not we saw any lines in the most
@@ -134,23 +145,23 @@
 restore :: RenderM ()
 restore = liftC C.restore >> SS.restore
 
-instance Backend Cairo R2 where
-  data Render  Cairo R2 = C (RenderM ())
-  type Result  Cairo R2 = (IO (), C.Render ())
-  data Options Cairo R2 = CairoOptions
+instance Backend Cairo V2 Double where
+  data Render  Cairo V2 Double = C (RenderM ())
+  type Result  Cairo V2 Double = (IO (), C.Render ())
+  data Options Cairo V2 Double = CairoOptions
           { _cairoFileName   :: String     -- ^ The name of the file you want generated
-          , _cairoSizeSpec   :: SizeSpec2D -- ^ The requested size of the output
+          , _cairoSizeSpec   :: SizeSpec V2 Double -- ^ The requested size of the output
           , _cairoOutputType :: OutputType -- ^ the output format and associated options
           , _cairoBypassAdjust  :: Bool    -- ^ Should the 'adjustDia' step be bypassed during rendering?
           }
-    deriving (Show)
+    deriving (Show, Eq)
 
   renderRTree _ opts t = (renderIO, r)
     where
       r = runRenderM .runC . toRender $ t
       renderIO = do
         let surfaceF s = C.renderWith s r
-            (w,h) = sizePair (opts^.cairoSizeSpec)
+            V2 w h = specToSize 1 (opts^.cairoSizeSpec)
         case opts^.cairoOutputType of
           PNG ->
             C.withImageSurface C.FormatARGB32 (round w) (round h) $ \surface -> do
@@ -163,16 +174,22 @@
 
   adjustDia c opts d = if _cairoBypassAdjust opts
                          then (opts, mempty, d # setDefault2DAttributes)
-                         else adjustDia2D cairoSizeSpec c opts (d # reflectY)
+                         else let (opts', transformation, d') = adjustDia2D cairoSizeSpec c opts (d # reflectY)
+                              in (opts', transformation <> reflectionY, d')
 
-runC :: Render Cairo R2 -> RenderM ()
+runC :: Render Cairo V2 Double -> RenderM ()
 runC (C r) = r
 
-instance Monoid (Render Cairo R2) where
+instance Semigroup (Render Cairo V2 Double) where
+  C rd1 <> C rd2 = C (rd1 >> rd2)
+
+instance Monoid (Render Cairo V2 Double) where
   mempty  = C $ return ()
-  (C rd1) `mappend` (C rd2) = C (rd1 >> rd2)
+#if !(MIN_VERSION_base(4,11,0))
+  mappend = (<>)
+#endif
 
-instance Hashable (Options Cairo R2) where
+instance Hashable (Options Cairo V2 Double) where
   hashWithSalt s (CairoOptions fn sz out adj)
     = s   `hashWithSalt`
       fn  `hashWithSalt`
@@ -180,7 +197,7 @@
       out `hashWithSalt`
       adj
 
-toRender :: RTree Cairo R2 a -> Render Cairo R2
+toRender :: RTree Cairo V2 Double a -> Render Cairo V2 Double
 toRender (Node (RPrim p) _) = render Cairo p
 toRender (Node (RStyle sty) rs) = C $ do
   save
@@ -190,24 +207,24 @@
   restore
 toRender (Node _ rs) = F.foldMap toRender rs
 
-cairoFileName :: Lens' (Options Cairo R2) String
+cairoFileName :: Lens' (Options Cairo V2 Double) String
 cairoFileName = lens (\(CairoOptions {_cairoFileName = f}) -> f)
                      (\o f -> o {_cairoFileName = f})
 
-cairoSizeSpec :: Lens' (Options Cairo R2) SizeSpec2D
+cairoSizeSpec :: Lens' (Options Cairo V2 Double) (SizeSpec V2 Double)
 cairoSizeSpec = lens (\(CairoOptions {_cairoSizeSpec = s}) -> s)
                      (\o s -> o {_cairoSizeSpec = s})
 
-cairoOutputType :: Lens' (Options Cairo R2) OutputType
+cairoOutputType :: Lens' (Options Cairo V2 Double) OutputType
 cairoOutputType = lens (\(CairoOptions {_cairoOutputType = t}) -> t)
                      (\o t -> o {_cairoOutputType = t})
 
-cairoBypassAdjust :: Lens' (Options Cairo R2) Bool
+cairoBypassAdjust :: Lens' (Options Cairo V2 Double) Bool
 cairoBypassAdjust = lens (\(CairoOptions {_cairoBypassAdjust = b}) -> b)
                      (\o b -> o {_cairoBypassAdjust = b})
 
 -- | Render an object that the cairo backend knows how to render.
-renderC :: (Renderable a Cairo, V a ~ R2) => a -> RenderM ()
+renderC :: (Renderable a Cairo, V a ~ V2, N a ~ Double) => a -> RenderM ()
 renderC = runC . render Cairo
 
 -- | Get an accumulated style attribute from the render monad state.
@@ -219,7 +236,7 @@
 --   size, fill rule, line width, cap, join, and dashing).  Other
 --   attributes (font face, slant, weight; fill color, stroke color,
 --   opacity) must be accumulated.
-cairoStyle :: Style v -> RenderM ()
+cairoStyle :: Style v Double -> RenderM ()
 cairoStyle s =
   sequence_
   . catMaybes $ [ handle clip
@@ -233,11 +250,11 @@
         handle f = f `fmap` getAttr s
         clip       = mapM_ (\p -> cairoPath p >> liftC C.clip) . op Clip
         lFillRule  = liftC . C.setFillRule . fromFillRule . getFillRule
-        lWidth     = liftC . C.setLineWidth . fromOutput . getLineWidth
+        lWidth     = liftC . C.setLineWidth . getLineWidth
         lCap       = liftC . C.setLineCap . fromLineCap . getLineCap
         lJoin      = liftC . C.setLineJoin . fromLineJoin . getLineJoin
         lDashing (getDashing -> Dashing ds offs) =
-          liftC $ C.setDash (map fromOutput ds) (fromOutput offs)
+          liftC $ C.setDash ds offs
 
 fromFontSlant :: FontSlant -> P.FontStyle
 fromFontSlant FontSlantNormal   = P.StyleNormal
@@ -245,16 +262,12 @@
 fromFontSlant FontSlantOblique  = P.StyleOblique
 
 fromFontWeight :: FontWeight -> P.Weight
-fromFontWeight FontWeightNormal = P.WeightNormal
 fromFontWeight FontWeightBold   = P.WeightBold
-
--- | Apply the opacity from a style to a given color.
-applyOpacity :: Color c => c -> Style v -> AlphaColour Double
-applyOpacity c s = dissolve (fromMaybe 1 $ getOpacity <$> getAttr s) (toAlphaColour c)
+fromFontWeight _                = P.WeightNormal
 
 -- | Multiply the current transformation matrix by the given 2D
 --   transformation.
-cairoTransf :: T2 -> C.Render ()
+cairoTransf :: T2 Double -> C.Render ()
 cairoTransf t = C.transform m
   where m = CM.Matrix a1 a2 b1 b2 c1 c2
         (unr2 -> (a1,a2)) = apply t unitX
@@ -275,14 +288,14 @@
 fromFillRule Winding = C.FillRuleWinding
 fromFillRule EvenOdd = C.FillRuleEvenOdd
 
-instance Renderable (Segment Closed R2) Cairo where
+instance Renderable (Segment Closed V2 Double) Cairo where
   render _ (Linear (OffsetClosed v)) = C . liftC $ uncurry C.relLineTo (unr2 v)
   render _ (Cubic (unr2 -> (x1,y1))
                   (unr2 -> (x2,y2))
                   (OffsetClosed (unr2 -> (x3,y3))))
     = C . liftC $ C.relCurveTo x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3
 
-instance Renderable (Trail R2) Cairo where
+instance Renderable (Trail V2 Double) Cairo where
   render _ = withTrail renderLine renderLoop
     where
       renderLine ln = C $ do
@@ -301,7 +314,7 @@
 
         liftC C.closePath
 
-instance Renderable (Path R2) Cairo where
+instance Renderable (Path V2 Double) Cairo where
   render _ p = C $ do
     cairoPath p
     f <- getStyleAttrib getFillTexture
@@ -313,7 +326,7 @@
     liftC C.stroke
 
 -- Add a path to the Cairo context, without stroking or filling it.
-cairoPath :: Path R2 -> RenderM ()
+cairoPath :: Path V2 Double -> RenderM ()
 cairoPath (Path trs) = do
     liftC C.newPath
     ignoreFill .= False
@@ -323,7 +336,7 @@
       liftC $ uncurry C.moveTo p
       renderC tr
 
-addStop :: MonadIO m => C.Pattern -> GradientStop -> m ()
+addStop :: MonadIO m => C.Pattern -> GradientStop Double -> m ()
 addStop p s = C.patternAddColorStopRGBA p (s^.stopFraction) r g b a
   where
     (r,g,b,a) = colorToSRGBA (s^.stopColor)
@@ -336,7 +349,7 @@
 -- XXX should handle opacity in a more straightforward way, using
 -- cairo's built-in support for transparency?  See also
 -- https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/15 .
-setTexture :: Maybe Texture -> RenderM ()
+setTexture :: Maybe (Texture Double) -> RenderM ()
 setTexture Nothing = return ()
 setTexture (Just (SC (SomeColor c))) = do
     o <- fromMaybe 1 <$> getStyleAttrib getOpacity
@@ -362,13 +375,13 @@
   where
     m = CM.Matrix a1 a2 b1 b2 c1 c2
     [[a1, a2], [b1, b2], [c1, c2]] = matrixHomRep (inv (g^.rGradTrans))
-    (r0, r1) = ((g^.rGradRadius0), (g^.rGradRadius1))
+    (r0, r1) = (g^.rGradRadius0, g^.rGradRadius1)
     (x0', y0') = unp2 (g^.rGradCenter0)
     (x1', y1') = unp2 (g^.rGradCenter1)
-    (x0, y0, x1, y1) = (x0' * (r1-r0) / r1, y0' * (r1-r0) / r1, x1' ,y1')
+    (x0, y0, x1, y1) = (x0' * (r1 - r0) / r1, y0' * (r1 - r0) / r1, x1' ,y1')
 
 -- Can only do PNG files at the moment...
-instance Renderable (DImage External) Cairo where
+instance Renderable (DImage Double External) Cairo where
   render _ (DImage path w h tr) = C . liftC $ do
     let ImageRef file = path
     if ".png" `isSuffixOf` file
@@ -381,8 +394,8 @@
           Right pngSurf -> do
             w' <- C.imageSurfaceGetWidth pngSurf
             h' <- C.imageSurfaceGetHeight pngSurf
-            let sz = Dims (fromIntegral w) (fromIntegral h)
-            cairoTransf $ requiredScaleT sz (fromIntegral w', fromIntegral h')
+            let sz = fromIntegral <$> dims2D w h
+            cairoTransf $ requiredScaling sz (fromIntegral <$> V2 w' h')
             C.setSourceSurface pngSurf (-fromIntegral w' / 2)
                                        (-fromIntegral h' / 2)
           Left _ ->
@@ -396,50 +409,110 @@
           , "  images in .png format.  Ignoring <" ++ file ++ ">."
           ]
 
+-- Copied from Rasterific backend. This function should probably be in JuicyPixels!
+toImageRGBA8 :: DynamicImage -> Image PixelRGBA8
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageRGBA8 i)  = i
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageRGB8 i)   = promoteImage i
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageYCbCr8 i) = promoteImage (convertImage i :: Image PixelRGB8)
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageY8 i)     = promoteImage i
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageYA8 i)    = promoteImage i
+toImageRGBA8 (ImageCMYK8 i)  = promoteImage (convertImage i :: Image PixelRGB8)
+toImageRGBA8 _               = error "Unsupported Pixel type"
+
+instance Renderable (DImage Double Embedded) Cairo where
+  -- render _ (DImage path w h tr) =
+  render _ (DImage iD _w _h tr) = C . liftC $ do
+     C.save
+     cairoTransf (tr <> reflectionY)
+     
+     let fmt = C.FormatARGB32
+     dataSurf <- liftIO $ C.createImageSurface fmt w h
+     
+     surData :: C.SurfaceData Int Word32
+             <- liftIO $ C.imageSurfaceGetPixels dataSurf
+     
+     stride <- C.imageSurfaceGetStride dataSurf
+     
+     _ <- forMOf imageIPixels img $ \(x, y, px) -> do
+        let p = y * (stride`div`4) + x
+        liftIO . MA.writeArray surData p $ toARGB px
+        return px
+     
+     C.surfaceMarkDirty dataSurf
+     
+     w' <- C.imageSurfaceGetWidth dataSurf
+     h' <- C.imageSurfaceGetHeight dataSurf
+     let sz = fromIntegral <$> dims2D w h
+     cairoTransf $ requiredScaling sz (fromIntegral <$> V2 w' h')
+     C.setSourceSurface dataSurf (-fromIntegral w' / 2)
+                                 (-fromIntegral h' / 2)
+     
+     C.paint
+     C.restore
+    where
+      ImageRaster dImg = iD
+      img@(Image w h _) = toImageRGBA8 dImg
+      
+
+{-# INLINE toARGB #-}
+-- Actually the name should be toBGRA, since that's the component order used by Cairo.
+-- Really, what's happening here is just a swap of the R and B channels.
+-- It seems a lot like this is dependent on endianness; perhaps we should handle this...
+toARGB :: PixelRGBA8 -> Word32
+toARGB px = ga + rotateL rb 16
+ where rgba = packPixel px
+       rb = rgba .&. 0x00FF00FF
+       ga = rgba .&. 0xFF00FF00
+
 if' :: Monad m => (a -> m ()) -> Maybe a -> m ()
 if' = maybe (return ())
 
-instance Renderable Text Cairo where
-  render _ (Text tt tn al str) = C $ do
-    let tr = tn <> reflectionY
-    ff <- getStyleAttrib getFont
-    fs <- getStyleAttrib (fromFontSlant . getFontSlant)
-    fw <- getStyleAttrib (fromFontWeight . getFontWeight)
-    isLocal <- fromMaybe True <$> getStyleAttrib getFontSizeIsLocal
-    size <- getStyleAttrib (fromOutput . getFontSize)
-    let fSize | size == Nothing = Nothing
-              | isLocal = (avgScale tt *) <$> size
-              | otherwise = size
-    f <- getStyleAttrib getFillTexture
+instance Renderable (Text Double) Cairo where
+  render _ txt = C $ do
     save
-    setTexture f
-    layout <- liftC $ do
-        cairoTransf tr
-        P.createLayout str
-    ref <- liftC. liftIO $ do
-            font <- P.fontDescriptionNew
-            if' (P.fontDescriptionSetFamily font) ff
-            if' (P.fontDescriptionSetStyle font) fs
-            if' (P.fontDescriptionSetWeight font) fw
-            if' (P.fontDescriptionSetSize font) fSize
-            P.layoutSetFontDescription layout $ Just font
-            -- XXX should use reflection font matrix here instead?
-            case al of
-                BoxAlignedText xt yt -> do
-                    (_,P.PangoRectangle _ _ w h) <- P.layoutGetExtents layout
-                    return $ r2 ((lerp 0 w xt), (lerp h 0 yt))
-                BaselineText -> do
-                    baseline <- P.layoutIterGetBaseline =<< P.layoutGetIter layout
-                    return $ r2 (0, baseline)
+    setTexture =<< getStyleAttrib getFillTexture
+    sty <- use accumStyle
+    layout <- liftC $ layoutStyledText sty txt
     -- Uncomment the lines below to draw a rectangle at the extent of each Text
     -- let (w, h) = unr2 $ ref ^* 2   -- XXX Debugging
     -- cairoPath $ rect w h           -- XXX Debugging
     liftC $ do
-          -- C.setLineWidth 0.5 -- XXX Debugging
-          -- C.stroke -- XXX Debugging
-          -- C.newPath -- XXX Debugging
-          cairoTransf $ moveOriginBy ref mempty
-          P.updateLayout layout
-          P.showLayout layout
-          C.newPath
+      -- C.setLineWidth 0.5 -- XXX Debugging
+      -- C.stroke -- XXX Debugging
+      -- C.newPath -- XXX Debugging
+      P.showLayout layout
+      C.newPath
     restore
+
+layoutStyledText :: Style V2 Double -> Text Double -> C.Render P.PangoLayout
+layoutStyledText sty (Text tt al str) =
+  let tr = tt <> reflectionY
+      styAttr :: AttributeClass a => (a -> b) -> Maybe b
+      styAttr f = fmap f $ getAttr sty
+      ff = styAttr getFont
+      fs = styAttr fromFontSlant
+      fw = styAttr fromFontWeight
+      size' = styAttr getFontSize
+  in do
+    cairoTransf tr -- non-uniform scale
+    layout <- P.createLayout str
+    -- set font, including size
+    liftIO $ do
+      font <- P.fontDescriptionNew
+      if' (P.fontDescriptionSetFamily font) ff
+      if' (P.fontDescriptionSetStyle font) fs
+      if' (P.fontDescriptionSetWeight font) fw
+      if' (P.fontDescriptionSetSize font) size'
+      P.layoutSetFontDescription layout $ Just font
+    -- geometric translation
+    ref <- liftIO $ case al of
+      BoxAlignedText xt yt -> do
+        (_,P.PangoRectangle _ _ w h) <- P.layoutGetExtents layout
+        return $ r2 (w * xt, h * (1 - yt))
+      BaselineText -> do
+        baseline <- P.layoutIterGetBaseline =<< P.layoutGetIter layout
+        return $ r2 (0, baseline)
+    let t = moveOriginBy ref mempty :: T2 Double
+    cairoTransf t
+    P.updateLayout layout
+    return layout
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/List.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/List.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/List.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/List.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.List
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 
 module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.List where
 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
 import           Control.Applicative        ((<$>))
+#endif
+
 import           Control.Exception          (bracket)
 
 import           Data.Colour
@@ -22,8 +25,8 @@
 
 import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo     (Cairo)
 import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr (renderPtr)
+import           Diagrams.Prelude           (Any, QDiagram, V2)
 import           Graphics.Rendering.Cairo   (Format (..))
-import           Diagrams.Prelude           (Diagram, R2)
 
 import           Foreign.Marshal.Alloc      (free)
 import           Foreign.Marshal.Array      (peekArray)
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
 -- | Render to a regular list of Colour values.
 
 renderToList :: (Ord a, Floating a) =>
-                  Int -> Int -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO [[AlphaColour a]]
+                  Int -> Int -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO [[AlphaColour a]]
 renderToList w h d =
   f 0 <$> bracket (renderPtr w h FormatARGB32 d) free (peekArray $ w*h*4)
  where
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Ptr.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Ptr.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Ptr.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Ptr.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr
@@ -12,31 +12,37 @@
 
 module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Ptr where
 
-import Data.Word (Word8)
+import           Data.Word                       (Word8)
 
-import Diagrams.Prelude (Diagram, R2, SizeSpec2D (..), renderDia)
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
-import Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo
+import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
+import           Diagrams.Prelude                (Any, QDiagram, V2, dims2D,
+                                                  renderDia)
 
-import Foreign.ForeignPtr.Safe (ForeignPtr, newForeignPtr)
-import Foreign.Marshal.Alloc   (finalizerFree)
-import Foreign.Marshal.Array   (mallocArray, pokeArray)
-import Foreign.Ptr             (Ptr, castPtr)
+import           Foreign.Marshal.Alloc           (finalizerFree)
+import           Foreign.Marshal.Array           (mallocArray, pokeArray)
+import           Foreign.Ptr                     (Ptr, castPtr)
 
-import Graphics.Rendering.Cairo ( Format (..)
-                                , formatStrideForWidth
-                                , renderWith
-                                , withImageSurfaceForData
-                                )
+import           Graphics.Rendering.Cairo        (Format (..),
+                                                  formatStrideForWidth,
+                                                  renderWith,
+                                                  withImageSurfaceForData)
 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 710
+import           Control.Applicative             ((<$>))
+import           Foreign.ForeignPtr.Safe         (ForeignPtr, newForeignPtr)
+#else
+import           Foreign.ForeignPtr              (ForeignPtr, newForeignPtr)
+#endif
+
 -- | Render a diagram to a new buffer in memory, with the format ARGB32.
 
-renderPtr :: Int -> Int -> Format -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO (Ptr Word8)
+renderPtr :: Int -> Int -> Format -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO (Ptr Word8)
 renderPtr w h fmt d = do
   let stride = formatStrideForWidth fmt w
       size   = stride * h
       opt    = CairoOptions
-        { _cairoSizeSpec     = Dims (fromIntegral w) (fromIntegral h)
+        { _cairoSizeSpec     = fromIntegral <$> dims2D w h
         , _cairoOutputType   = RenderOnly
         , _cairoBypassAdjust = False
         , _cairoFileName     = ""
@@ -51,8 +57,8 @@
 
 -- | Like 'renderPtr' but automatically garbage collected by Haskell.
 
-renderForeignPtr :: Int -> Int -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO (ForeignPtr Word8)
+renderForeignPtr :: Int -> Int -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO (ForeignPtr Word8)
 renderForeignPtr w h d = renderPtr w h FormatARGB32 d >>= newForeignPtr finalizerFree
 
-renderForeignPtrOpaque :: Int -> Int -> Diagram Cairo R2 -> IO (ForeignPtr Word8)
+renderForeignPtrOpaque :: Int -> Int -> QDiagram Cairo V2 Double Any -> IO (ForeignPtr Word8)
 renderForeignPtrOpaque w h d = renderPtr w h FormatRGB24 d >>= newForeignPtr finalizerFree
diff --git a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Text.hs b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Text.hs
--- a/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Text.hs
+++ b/src/Diagrams/Backend/Cairo/Text.hs
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes      #-}
-{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- |
 -- Module      :  Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text
--- Copyright   :  (c) 2011 Diagrams-cairo team (see LICENSE)
+-- Copyright   :  (c) 2015 Diagrams-cairo team (see LICENSE)
 -- License     :  BSD-style (see LICENSE)
 -- Maintainer  :  diagrams-discuss@googlegroups.com
 --
@@ -14,73 +11,35 @@
 -- envelopes, use 'textLineBounded', 'textLineBoundedIO',
 -- 'textVisualBounded', or 'textVisualBoundedIO'.
 --
--- Many of these functions take a 'Style' 'R2' parameter, determining the
--- style to apply to the text before rendering / querying information about
--- the text.  These 'Style' 'R2' parameters can be created a variety of ways,
--- but the most direct will likely be by applying style-transforming functions
--- such as 'font', 'fontSize', 'fontSlant', and 'fontWeight' to 'mempty'.
--- This works because there are instances of 'HasStyle' and 'Monoid' for
--- @'Style' v@.
---
--- NOTE that this module has a couple significant caveats:
---
--- * There are some known bugs
---   (<https://github.com/diagrams/diagrams-cairo/issues/19>) which
---   are not easily fixable (they are probably bugs in cairo itself,
---   but since we are using the \"toy text API\" they will never be
---   fixed).
---
--- * The functions in this module will only
---   work with text whose font size is measured in @Local@ units.
---
--- This module should thus be considered experimental/unsupported; if
--- it works for you, great, but if not you are probably out of luck.
--- See the @SVGFonts@ package for better-supported ways to accomplish
--- similar things.
---
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text
-  (
-    -- * Primitives
-
-    -- | These create diagrams instantiated with extent-based envelopes.
-    textLineBoundedIO, textVisualBoundedIO
-
-    -- ** Unsafe
-
-    -- | These are convenient unsafe variants of the above operations
-    --   using 'unsafePerformIO'. In practice, they should be fairly
-    --   safe as the results depend only on the parameters and the
-    --   font information (which ought to stay the same during a given
-    --   execution).
-
-  , kerningCorrection, textLineBounded, textVisualBounded
-
-    -- * Extents
-
-    -- ** Data Structures
-  , TextExtents(TextExtents), bearing, textSize, advance
-  , FontExtents(FontExtents), ascent, descent, height, maxAdvance
-
-    -- ** Queries
+-- Many of these functions take a 'Style' 'V2' 'Double' parameter,
+-- determining the style to apply to the text before rendering /
+-- querying information about the text.  These 'Style' 'V2' 'Double'
+-- parameters can be created a variety of ways, but the most direct
+-- will likely be by applying style-transforming functions such as
+-- 'font', 'fontSize', 'fontSlant', and 'fontWeight' to 'mempty'.
+-- This works because there are instances of 'HasStyle' and 'Monoid'
+-- for @'Style' v@.
 
-  , getTextExtents, getFontExtents, getExtents
-  , kerningCorrectionIO
+module Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Text
+       (
+         -- | These create diagrams instantiated with extent-based envelopes.
+         textLineBoundedIO
+       , textVisualBoundedIO
 
-    -- * Utilities
-  , queryCairo, unsafeCairo
-  , cairoWithStyle
-  ) where
+         -- * Utilities
+       , queryCairo, unsafeCairo
+       ) where
 
 import           Diagrams.Backend.Cairo.Internal
-import           Diagrams.BoundingBox
+import qualified Diagrams.BoundingBox            as BB
 import           Diagrams.Prelude                hiding (height, view)
-
-import           Control.Lens                    (makeLenses, view)
-import           System.IO.Unsafe
+import           Diagrams.TwoD.Text              hiding (font)
 
 import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Cairo        as C
+import qualified Graphics.Rendering.Pango        as P
 
+import           System.IO.Unsafe
+
 -- | Executes a cairo action on a dummy, zero-size image surface, in order to
 --   query things like font information.
 queryCairo :: C.Render a -> IO a
@@ -90,106 +49,22 @@
 unsafeCairo :: C.Render a -> a
 unsafeCairo = unsafePerformIO . queryCairo
 
--- | Executes the given cairo action, with styling applied.
-cairoWithStyle :: C.Render a -> Style R2 -> C.Render a
-cairoWithStyle f style = do
-  C.save
-  runRenderM (cairoStyle style)
-  result <- f
-  C.restore
-  return result
-
--- | A more convenient data structure for the results of a text-extents query.
-data TextExtents = TextExtents
-  { _bearing, _textSize, _advance :: R2 }
-
-makeLenses ''TextExtents
-
-processTextExtents :: C.TextExtents -> TextExtents
-processTextExtents (C.TextExtents  xb yb  w h  xa ya)
-                    = TextExtents (r2 (xb,yb)) (r2 (w,h)) (r2 (xa,ya))
-
--- | Get the extents of a string of text, given a style to render it with.
-getTextExtents :: Style R2 -> String -> C.Render TextExtents
-getTextExtents style txt
-  = cairoWithStyle (processTextExtents <$> C.textExtents txt) style
-
--- | A more convenient data structure for the results of a font-extents query.
-data FontExtents = FontExtents
-  { _ascent, _descent, _height :: Double
-  , _maxAdvance                :: R2
-  }
-
-makeLenses ''FontExtents
-
-processFontExtents :: C.FontExtents -> FontExtents
-processFontExtents (C.FontExtents a d h  mx my)
-                    = FontExtents a d h (r2 (mx,my))
-
--- | Gets the intrinsic extents of a font.
-getFontExtents :: Style R2 -> C.Render FontExtents
-getFontExtents style
-  = cairoWithStyle (processFontExtents <$> C.fontExtents) style
-
--- | Gets both the 'FontExtents' and 'TextExtents' of the string with the a
---   particular style applied.  This is more efficient than calling both
---   'getFontExtents' and 'getTextExtents'.
-getExtents :: Style R2 -> String -> C.Render (FontExtents, TextExtents)
-getExtents style str = cairoWithStyle (do
-    fe <- processFontExtents <$> C.fontExtents
-    te <- processTextExtents <$> C.textExtents str
-    return (fe, te)
-  ) style
-
--- | Queries the amount of horizontal offset that needs to be applied in order to
---   position the second character properly, in the event that it is 'hcat'-ed
---   'baselineText'.
-kerningCorrectionIO :: Style R2 -> Char -> Char -> IO Double
-kerningCorrectionIO style a b = do
-  let ax t = fst . unr2 . view advance <$> queryCairo (getTextExtents style t)
-  l  <- ax [a, b]
-  la <- ax [a]
-  lb <- ax [b]
-  return $ l - la - lb
-
 -- | Creates text diagrams with their envelopes set such that using
 --   @'vcat' . map ('textLineBounded' style)@ stacks them in the way that
---   the font designer intended.
-textLineBoundedIO :: Style R2 -> String -> IO (Diagram Cairo R2)
-textLineBoundedIO style str = do
-  (fe, te) <- queryCairo $ getExtents style str
-  let box = fromCorners (p2 (0,      negate $ view descent fe))
-                        (p2 (fst . unr2 $ view advance te, view ascent fe))
-  return . setEnvelope (getEnvelope box) . applyStyle style $ baselineText str
+--   the font designer intended.  Pango refers to this as logical extents.
+textLineBoundedIO :: Style V2 Double -> Text Double -> IO (Diagram Cairo)
+textLineBoundedIO = textLineIO fst
 
 -- | Creates a text diagram with its envelope set to enclose the glyphs of the text,
 --   including leading (though not trailing) whitespace.
-textVisualBoundedIO :: Style R2 -> String -> IO (Diagram Cairo R2)
-textVisualBoundedIO style str = do
-  te <- queryCairo $ getTextExtents style str
-  let box = fromCorners (origin .+^ view bearing te)
-                        ((origin .+^ view bearing te) .+^ view textSize te)
-  return . setEnvelope (getEnvelope box) . applyStyle style $ baselineText str
-
--- | Queries the amount of horizontal offset that needs to be applied
---   in order to position the second character properly, in the event
---   that it is 'hcat'-ed 'baselineText'.  See 'kerningCorrectionIO';
---   this variant uses 'unsafePerformIO' but should be fairly safe in
---   practice.
-kerningCorrection :: Style R2 -> Char -> Char -> Double
-kerningCorrection style a = unsafePerformIO . kerningCorrectionIO style a
-
--- | Creates text diagrams with their envelopes set such that using
---   @'vcat' . map ('textLineBounded' style)@ stacks them in the way
---   that the font designer intended. See 'textLineBoundedIO'; this
---   variant uses 'unsafePerformIO' but should be fairly safe in
---   practice.
-textLineBounded :: Style R2 -> String -> Diagram Cairo R2
-textLineBounded   style = unsafePerformIO . textLineBoundedIO   style
+textVisualBoundedIO :: Style V2 Double -> Text Double -> IO (Diagram Cairo)
+textVisualBoundedIO = textLineIO snd
 
--- | Creates a text diagram with its envelope set to enclose the
---   glyphs of the text, including leading (though not trailing)
---   whitespace. See 'textVisualBoundedIO'; this variant uses
---   'unsafePerformIO' but should be fairly safe in practice.
-textVisualBounded :: Style R2 -> String -> Diagram Cairo R2
-textVisualBounded style = unsafePerformIO . textVisualBoundedIO style
+-- | Abstract common code from @textLineBoundedIO@ and @textVisualBoundedIO@
+-- textLineIO :: ((a,a) -> a) -> Style V2 Double -> Text Double -> IO (Diagram Cairo)
+textLineIO :: ((P.PangoRectangle,P.PangoRectangle) -> P.PangoRectangle) -> Style V2 Double -> Text Double -> IO (Diagram Cairo)
+textLineIO pick sty txt = do
+    layout <- queryCairo $ layoutStyledText sty txt
+    P.PangoRectangle x y  w h <- pick <$> P.layoutGetExtents layout
+    let bb = BB.fromCorners (mkP2 x y) (mkP2 (x + w) (y + h))
+    return $ mkQD (Prim txt) (getEnvelope bb) mempty mempty mempty
