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- Colophon Three Disk
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- Before starting:
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- Our intent in distributing this diskette is to inspire and inform. By examining the code for the
- alphabet you will see how these special effects were produced. You are encouraged to use
- this code directly, change it, incorporate it into your own work and go beyond what you see
- here, to produce something new and exciting. Use this code as a starting point from which you
- can build logotypes, headlines and special graphics.
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- To print the files which produce the alphabet from the Colophon 3 Showpage section you will
- need access to a POSTSCRIPT® printer.
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- About the Alphabet:
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- This diskette contains 26 POSTSCRIPT files taken from the Colophon 3 Showpage section.
- Each file is a short POSTSCRIPT program. These programs demonstrate different techniques
- and ideas for manipulating POSTSCRIPT fonts. In producing Colophon 3 we tried to show the
- variety of fonts available on POSTSCRIPT printers. Some of these fonts are not built into every
- POSTSCRIPT printer, but they are available as downloadable fonts. If you do not have these
- fonts, you should change the font to one which you can access, otherwise the printer will
- substitue Courier for the missing font. All POSTSCRIPT fonts except for the built-in Courier are
- described by their outline. Not being an outline font, Courier may cause some programs which
- manipulate the character path to fail.
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- The POSTSCRIPT programs which produce the alphabet are plain text files. To edit them use a
- text editor such as "Edit"or "QUED". Alternatively a word processor may be used if the files
- are then saved with the "text only" option. Neither a text editor nor a word processor have
- been included on this Colophon 3 diskette.
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- To change the font, look for the "findfont" operator, it is this POSTSCRIPT command which
- selects a font. Preceding the "findfont" operator is the font name, change this name to your
- selected font. For many of the programs if the font is changed the effect will not
- look the same and other parts of code will need to be adjusted. At a minimum
- you will always find these outline fonts in a POSTSCRIPT printer.
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- Times-Roman Helvetica
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- Times-Italic Helvetica-Oblique
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- Times-Bold Helvetica-Bold
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- Times-BoldItalic Helvetica-BoldOblique
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- /Galliard-BoldItalic findfont 200 scalefont setfont
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- change to:
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- /Times-BoldItalic findfont 200 scalefont setfont % was Galliard-BoldItalic
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- Adobe POSTSCRIPT fonts are available from Adobe Systems Inc. or an authorized Adobe Type
- Library dealer. For the name of the Adobe Systems' typeface dealer nearest you, or for more
- information on the type library call us at 1-800-29-ADOBE(outside California) or
- 1-800-85-ADOBE(inside California).
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- About SendPS:
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- This is an application program written at Adobe Systems Inc. SendPS is used to send
- POSTSCRIPT code directly to a POSTSCRIPT printer over AppleTalk®. To use SendPS, launch
- the program and then select "Download POSTSCRIPT File" from the "File" menu. From the
- dialog box pick the POSTSCRIPT program you wish to send. If there is an error in the
- POSTSCRIPT code, an error message from the printer will be shown on screen. Messages
- sent from the printer will be stored in a printer log file. This log file can be found in the volume
- from which SendPS was launched.
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- Programming in POSTSCRIPT
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- If you would like to learn more about PostScript programming we have produced two books
- published by Addison-Wesley, the PostScript Language Reference Manual (ISBN
- 0-201-10174-2, $22.95, 336 pages, illustrated) and the PostScript Language Tutorial and
- Cookbook (ISBN 0-201-10179-3, $16.95, 256 pages, illustrated).
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- These books should be available in you local bookstore. Most bookstores will
- accept orders using the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) codes given above. If
- you are unable to locate the books in your area, Adobe will sell them for list price plus
- shipping and handling.
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- The prices are:
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- PostScript Language Reference Manual (@$28.00 in the 48 states, $33.00 elsewhere)
- PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook (@$22.00 in the 48 states, $27.00 elsewhere)
- Both books (@$45.00 in the 48 states, $50.00 elsewhere)
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- To purchase the books from Adobe Systems, send your check and order to:
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- POSTSCRIPT Language Books
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- Adobe Systems Incorporated
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- 1870 Embarcadero Road
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- Palo Alto, CA 94303
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- POSTSCRIPT is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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- AppleTalk is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Incorporated.
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