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From: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: PostScript reference books
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Date: 1 Feb 90 21:33:22 GMT
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Reply-To: briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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> Addison make several very good books on the Postscript language.  They are 
> frequently referenced by the color of the cover, ie the RED BOOK or the 
> BLUE book. Both are soft cover books of about 250-300 pages each. These are:
> 
>   PostScript: Language Reference Manual by Adobe Systems Inc (RED BOOK)
> 
>   PostScript: Language Tutorial & cookbook by Adobe Systems Inc (BLUE BOOK)
>              (Addison-Wesley)

There is a third volume out, the GREEN book, that has extensive and detailed
programming examples. It talks about program structure more than commands.

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-Brian Diehm
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