---
name: "Imager::Handy"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libimager-perl"
version: "1.027+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Imager::Handy"
---

# Imager::Handy(3pm)

simple access to common functions

## NAME

Imager::Handy - simple access to common functions

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Imager ':handy';
  my $color = NC(255, 0, 0);
  my $font = NF(1.0, 0, 0);
```

## DESCRIPTION

If you use Imager with the `":handy"` import tag, it will export a number of functions that can shorter your code.

- **NC()**

  - **newcolor()**

  - **newcolour()**

  Create a new Imager::Color object, supplying any parameters to the **new()** method.

  ```
    my $color = NC('red');
  ```

- **NF()**

  - **newfont()**

  Create a new Imager::Font object, supplying any parameters to the **new()** method.

  ```
    my $font = NF(file => 'foo.ttf');
  ```

- **NCF()**

  Create a new Imager::Color::Float object, supplying any parameters to the **new()** method.

  ```
    my $colorf = NCF(1.0, 0, 0);
  ```

## BUGS

**NC()** can be mostly replaced by supplying the color name or other description directly to the drawing method.

## AUTHOR

Tony Cook \<tonyc@cpan.org\>