Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!jbw From: jbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jingbai Wang) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: ASCII -> Postscript Filter Message-ID: <21229@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 18 Dec 89 21:15:15 GMT References: <1252@corpane.UUCP> <1989Dec14.163841.16431@ericsson.se> Reply-To: jbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jingbai Wang) Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services Lines: 23 In article J Greely writes: >In article <1989Dec14.163841.16431@ericsson.se> howard@hasse.ericsson.se > (Howard Gayle) writes: >[lengthy blurb deleted] > >Note that you also get, at no extra charge, a complete software >installation philosophy! Wear it to parties! Amuse your friends! >... >... > Pretty hefty baggage for a text-to-PS converter, no? I might I have seen ASCII->PS query too much lately. Why don't we say this: there are a number of ASCII->PS converters, and a2ps from science.utah.edu seems to having used on many machines. If the interested respond quick enough (since my accounts going out), I may even offer you a package which can do much more then you desire. It is can be used as ASCII->PS with default font being 12pt Courier of 6.5in linewidth. Lines longer than that are wrapped around. However, you can also use it as a formatter using any of the Adobe fonts (specified in TFM files). It was originally designed for Chinese text. JB Wang