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PostScript is a powerful page description language developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, originally for use on laser printers. It contains a number of powerful graphics and text features useful for desktop publishing and related applications. But it also has many other interesting features.
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PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook, Adobe Systems Inc, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1985.
PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second Edition, Adobe Systems Inc, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1990.
J D Foley, A van Dam, S K Feiner, J F Hughes, Computer Graphics: Principles and Practice, Addison-Wesley, Reading MA, 1990.
B. Thomas, A PostScript Cookbook, The Macmillan Press, 1988.
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© 1992 D. England, P.N. Hurley, J.A. Mariani, N. Nei, J.B. Rudolf
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Hurley, P., Mariani, J., Nei, N., Rudolf, J. (1992). Introduction to PostScript. In: England, D. (eds) A Sun User’s Guide. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12617-0_5
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