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+=head1 NAME
+
+Imager::Handy - simple access to common functions
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  use Imager ':handy';
+  my $color = NC(255, 0, 0);
+  my $font = NF(1.0, 0, 0);
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+If you use Imager with the C<:handy> import tag, it will export a
+number of functions that can shorter your code.
+
+=over
+
+=item NC
+
+=item newcolor
+
+=item newcolour
+
+Create a new Imager::Color object, supplying any parameters to the
+new() method.
+
+  my $color = NC('red');
+
+=item NF
+
+=item newfont
+
+Create a new Imager::Font object, supplying any parameters to the
+new() method.
+
+  my $font = NF(file => 'foo.ttf');
+
+=item NCF
+
+Create a new L<Imager::Color::Font> object, supplying any parameter to
+the new() method.
+
+  my $colorf = NCF(1.0, 0, 0);
+
+=back
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+NC() can be mostly replaced by supplying the color name or other
+description directly to the drawing method.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Tony Cook <tony@imager.perl.org>
+
+=cut
+