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[[de:2D-Computergrafik]]

'''2D computer graphics''' refers to the generation of [[digital image]]s with the aid of [[digital]] [[Computer|computers]] -- mostly from two-dimensional models (such as [[2D geometric modelsmodel]]s, text, and digital images) and by techniques specific to them. The word may stand for the branch of [[computer science]] that covers such techniques, or for the models themselves.

2D computer graphics are mostly used in applications that were originally developed upon traditional [[printing]] and [[drawing]] technologies, such as [[digital typography]], [[cartography]], [[drafting|technical drafting]], [[package design]], etc.. In those applications, the two-dimensional [[image]] is not just a representation of a real-world object, but an independent artifact with added semantic value; two-dimensional models are therefore preferred, because they give more direct control of the image than [[3D computer graphics]] (whose "user model" is more akin to [[photography]] than to [[typography]]).