# A gem to draw shapes and text

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-gem-to-draw-shapes-and-text/144541>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 30, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-gem-to-draw-shapes-and-text/144541 "2008-07-30T19:50:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![amrita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@amrita](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amrita)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-gem-to-draw-shapes-and-text/144541/1 "2008-07-30T19:50:04Z")

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Can someone point me to a good graphing library in RoR to draw shapes  
and text mostly? I am aware of RMagick, but it looks like it is  
heavyweight and consumes a lot of memory. Is that right? Other  
packages such as scruffy and Gruff seem mostly for drawing charts.

Also, is there a neat way to render SVG graphics on a webpage using  
RoR? Or is it necessary that the graphics be converted to a commonly  
used format such as png/jgp/bmp, etc.?

Thanks,  
Amrita