A powerful two-dimensional graphics rendering system. Quartz has built-in support for PDF, on-the-fly rendering, compositing, and antialiasing. It supports multiple font formats, including True Type, Postscript Type 1, and OpenType. Quartz supports Apple’s ColorSync color-management technology, allowing for consistent and accurate color in the print/graphics environment.
Apple’s proprietary, cross-platform multimedia authoring and distribution engine. Quicktime is both a file format and a suite of applications.