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Article #100Re: stroke and fill
From: Aandi_Inston
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:26
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:26
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>I've played with some examples and I noticed... No need for guesswork, it's in the Reference - 3.2.2, Literal Text Strings. > >\000\0XY >XY = octal number from 03 to 37 (just before space = 40). In a string, 3 digit octal escapes (and others) are allowed. > >or > >\000C >C = char from ' ' to '~' probably. This is simply an escape for binary zero followed by the normal character C without any escape. >I am curious if I can use the 000, 001 and 002 and if no, why ... You can use any character code from 0 to 255, the entire encoding array is available. However, I would avoid low character codes unless you have to, as some of them seem to cause problems if converted to PDF, in certain viewers. >(I don't think NULL SOH and STX have any meaning in this context) Correct. Aandi Inston
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