Graphical primitives

Straight lines, arcs, general curves, sampled images and text

Geometrical operations

Scale, translate and rotate

Line attributes

Width, dashed, start and end caps, joining lines/corner mitre (style)

Font attributes

Font, typeface, size

Color

Color currently in use

Paths

Sequence of graphical primitives and attributes

Rendering

How to render paths: grayscale, color or outline

Clipping

Restricts what is shown of the path