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From: CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu (Christopher Tate)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Flattenpath (was letter height)
Message-ID: <91148.135401CXT105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 28 May 91 17:54:01 GMT
References: <1991May28.134420.3951@engage.pko.dec.com>
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In article <1991May28.134420.3951@engage.pko.dec.com>, davis@3d.enet.dec.com
(Peter Davis) says:
>
>This is very simple:
>
>        (N) true charpath flattenpath pathbbox
>        /y2 exch def /x2 exch def /y1 exch def /x1 exch def
>        /height y2 y1 sub def
>        newpath

I'm curious.  Why execute flattenpath before pathbbox?  What happens if
you omit the call to flattenpath?  Shouldn't the above code cause
different results based on the value of currentflat?

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