Practical PostScript : a guide to digital typesetting

The following pages explain the basic techniques of Direct PostScript typesetting. This electronic version includes some new material and additional references to the Adobe Portable Document Format. No previous knowledge of computer languages is required by the reader. First Principles Dictionaries Daisy−Chaining The Text Box Stretching Spaces Linewrapping Full Justification Errors Fonts or Founts? Halftones Variables Columns and Rules Font Matrices Bitmaps Encapsulation Making a Typeface Drawing Boxes Placing a Graphic Drop Capitals Automatic Text Flow Automatic Footnotes The Minidict Distance Printing Bibliography & Utilities PostScript Glossary Colophon