Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Looking for a PostScript to ASCII converter Message-ID: Date: 18 Jul 90 23:58:24 GMT References: <1990Jul17.044534.23396@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Sender: usenet@math.lsa.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: add@sciences.sdsu.edu's message of 17 Jul 90 04:45:34 GMT In article <1990Jul17.044534.23396@ucselx.sdsu.edu> add@sciences.sdsu.edu (James D. Murray) writes: After poking around via FTP for a while I haven't been able to find a PostScript to ASCII converter. Not having a PostScript printer it would be a nice thing to have. Even a PostScript to Microsoft Word, Sprint, Wordstar, Wordperfect, etc. would be welcome. Postscript is a humongously flexible page description language. If you have a document written with (say) microsoft word it may be possible to deconstruct the postscript and find out what actual characters are involved in the text. Things like ligatures, font changes, odd spacing can make it tough. It all depends on the document I guess is what I'm trying to say. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept comp.archives moderator