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Article #1094Re: Newbie Question: Text expressions?
From: David Frier
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:27
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:27
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I should clarify. What I am looking for is how to insert a character from the font BY NAME into an otherwise literal string, because the desired character happens not to be in the symbolset selected. David Frier wrote: > I am hoping the members of this group can help out with a postscript > newbie question. > > I have a need (for reasons too hilarious to go into here) to > post-process Postscript output files from an application before they > go to print. What I need to do is find a certain byte value (0xBA) > and change it to print as a Registered Trademark symbol. I think the > best way to do this is to insert an escape sequence into the operand > for the ( ) show command such that the magic byte becomes a > 'registered.' > > I am having the devil's own time finding the right reference to how > this would be constructed. > > As a follow-up question, since I obviously need it, where o where is a > decent online PS tutorial??? > > Thanks! >
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