inch)</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>height_in_points</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td>height of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)</td>
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td>a pointer to the newly created surface. The caller
owns the surface and should call <a class="link" href="cairo-cairo-surface-t.html#cairo-surface-destroy" title="cairo_surface_destroy ()"><code class="function">ca