mfcode environment. It is
used in this example to ensure that everything is distributed
together. Normally the (Walnut Creek)(1995).ISO/graphics/drawing/drawing.tex/img4.png)
(Walnut Creek)(1995).ISO/graphics/drawing/drawing.tex/img5.png)
source code is written directly and is
not created by running TEX.
. There
are plenty of other commands which we have not discussed here. One
of them is fill which fills in a cyclic path (try to define
one and fill it by saying e.g.
fill z1..z2..z3..cycle;where all points were previously defined). If you master
, you
can make lots of tricks.
I said that MFpic inserts an additional step which slows down the
progress when you need to fine tune the curves. From this document
it may seem that I did not make any improvement. The truth is that
in your life you will not use the mfcode environment. It is
used in this example to ensure that everything is distributed
together. Normally the source code is written directly and is
not created by running TEX.
I wanted to demonstrate that you have to know relatively small
number of commands in order to draw simple pictures. If you
try this, it will encourage you to study book. It is useful
although you will probably never design your own letters.
It may happen that is extremely cumbersome for some
particular case. Then you are free to scan an image using your
scanner, modify it with e.g. Corel Draw, overlap it with pictures
designed with and texts written in TEX, cut and paste it
using the functions provided by dvidot or other drivers and polish
it by means of PostScript features. The only limitation is
the availability of different soft- and hardware tools and your
own invention.
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