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From: gat@cacs.usl.edu (Gary A. Thompson)
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Subject: Re: PostScript reference books
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Date: 2 Feb 90 04:54:05 GMT
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In article <5519@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm) writes:
-- 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.

I have found  _Real World Postscript_ edited by Stephen Roth from 
Addison-Wesley to be pretty useful.  It is a collection of "tutorials" by
professionals who use PostScript in their work.  There are some fairly
advanced topics covered that you probably won't find anywhere else.

Gary Thompson
gat@gator.cacs.usl.edu