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Cascadenik MML
<pre>&lt;Stylesheet&gt;&lt;![CDATA[
Map
{
Map {
map-bgcolor: #69f;
}
Layer
{
Layer {
line-width: 1;
line-color: #696;
polygon-fill: #6f9;
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## Mapnik2
_new_
`carto.js` is only compatible with [Mapnik2](http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/Mapnik2). Compatibility with Mapnik 0.7.x is not planned.
CartoCSS is only compatible with [Mapnik2](http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/Mapnik2). Compatibility with Mapnik 0.7.x is not planned.
## Rasters and Buildings
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## Variables & Expressions
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`carto.js` inherits from its basis in [less.js](http://lesscss.org/) some new features in CSS. One can define variables in stylesheets, and use expressions to modify them.
CartoCSS inherits from its basis in [less.js](http://lesscss.org/) some new features in CSS. One can define variables in stylesheets, and use expressions to modify them.
@mybackground: #2B4D2D;
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## Nested Styles
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`carto.js` also inherits nesting of rules from less.js.
CartoCSS also inherits nesting of rules from less.js.
/* Applies to all layers with .land class */
.land {
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}
## FontSets
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By defining multiple fonts in a `text-face-name` definition, you create [FontSets](http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/FontSet) in `carto.js`. These are useful for supporting multiple character sets and fallback fonts for distributed styles.
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#### From code
Currently `carto.js` is designed to be invoked from [node.js](http://nodejs.org/).
Currently CartoCSS is designed to be invoked from [node.js](http://nodejs.org/).
The `Renderer` interface is the main API for developers, and it takes an MML file as a string as input.
// defined variables:
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## Credits
`carto.js` is based on [less.js](https://github.com/cloudhead/less.js), a CSS compiler written by Alexis Sellier.
CartoCSS is based on [less.js](https://github.com/cloudhead/less.js), a CSS compiler written by Alexis Sellier.
It depends on: