PostScript(R) Language Reference Manual (2nd Edition)

Adobe Systems Inc, Taft, Ed

ISBN 10: 0201181274 / ISBN 13: 9780201181272

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 1990

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Title: PostScript(R) Language Reference Manual (2nd...

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 1990

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Like New

Edition: 2nd Edition

Book Type: book

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Synopsis:

The PostScript language has fueled a revolution in the world of visual communications. This powerful and flexible language efficiently describes the appearance of text, sampled images, and graphics on a printed page or display. PostScript language interpreters have been incorporated into some of today's most innovative printers, typesetters, film records, and computer display environments. The PostScript Language Reference Manual from Adobe Systems Incorporated is the official reference to the PostScript language. This entirely new and up-to-date Second Edition offers the most comprehensive coverage of the entire PostScript language, including the recent advancements of PostScript Level 2. The PostScript Language Reference Manual, contains the complete semantics of every PostScript language operator, the Display PostScript System, PostScript Level 1 (the original PostScript language), and PostScript Level 2, the first major revision to the language since its release in 1985.PostScript Level 2 incorporates recent extensions to the language and many new features including: *CMYK color *Composite fonts *Forms *Patterns *Color separations *Resource management *New memory management *Improved screening algorithms *Data compression/decompression *Support for printer-specific features *Device-independent, CIE-based color *Optimized text and graphics operators As PostScript continues to be the industry standard page description language for imaging high-quality text and graphics, the PostScript Language Reference Manual, remains the definitive resource for all PostScript language programmers. 0201181274B04062001

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Adobe Systems Incorporated, founded in 1982, is a leading provider of graphic design, publishing, and imaging software for Web and print production, and the second-largest desktop software company in the world. The company builds award-winning software solutions for Web and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business users, and consumers. 0201181274AB09252001