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From: woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: fragment from dvips prologue
Summary: 1000 units
Message-ID: <1788@chinacat.Unicom.COM>
Date: 10 Jan 91 05:24:16 GMT
References: <5424@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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In article <5424@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, flar@bendenweyr.Eng.Sun.COM (Jim Graham) writes:
> Does anyone recognize this piece of PostScript found in a prologue
>     /SmallCapsFont {
> 	/SmallCapsBaseName exch def

> 	    /FontBaseDict basefontdict 1000 scalefont def
	[stuff deleted]
	
	This is not realy a function.  It creates a font that consists
	of small caps.  When you are defining a font, it easiest to work
	with a 1000 unit measurement.  
	
> The function is making assumptions about the character coordinate
> system (namely that it is 1000-unit based).  If you use this on


Cheers
Woody