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From: xiaofei@acsu.buffalo.edu (X. F. Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: 0 0 moveto (+) show: how to center the (+)?
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Date: 4 Jun 91 04:21:22 GMT
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/* jos@bull.nl (Jos Vos) wrote */:
* In article <9106020627.AA01346@einstein.physics.buffalo.edu> xiaofei@EINSTEIN.PHYSICS.BUFFALO.EDU (X. F. Wang) writes:
* 
* >I need something
* >
* >x y moveto 
* >( symbol ) show
* >
* >in drawing agraph. The probem is the symbol is not centered at
* >currentpoint [The lower left corner is at currentpoint]. How do I
* >symbol centered at currentpoint ?
* 
* /centershow { dup stringwidth pop 2 div neg 0 rmoveto show } def
* 
* Now use: 
* 
* x y moveto
* (string) centershow 

This does not get (string) vertically centered. 
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