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Here are some PostScript routines that can be added to the toolset:


/SelectFontDict 5 dict def
/SelectFont { % call: /font height width angle SelectFont -
  SelectFontDict begin
    /Angle exch def /Width exch def /Height exch def /Font exch def
    /AngleNum Angle sin Angle cos div 12 mul def
    Font findfont [Width 0 AngleNum Height 0 0] makefont setfont
  end
} bind def % SelectFont
% DEMO 
%   /Times-Roman 100 40 40 SelectFont
%   30 500 moveto (XYZZY) show


/ShowStrDict 9 dict def
/ShowStr { % call: x y height width angle gray /font (string) ShowStr -
  gsave
  ShowStrDict begin
    /Str exch def /Font exch def /Gray exch def /Angle exch def 
    /Width exch def /Height exch def /Y1 exch def /X1 exch def
    /AngleNum Angle sin Angle cos div 12 mul def
    Font findfont [Width 0 AngleNum Height 0 0] makefont setfont
    X1 Y1 moveto Gray setgray Str show
  end
  grestore
} bind def % ShowStr
% DEMO 
%   10 400 20 20 0  0.75 /Times-Roman 
%		(20hght 20wdth 0ang Times-Roman) ShowStr
%   10 360 20 30 20 0.25 /Times-Roman 
%		(20hght 30wdth 20ang Times-Roman) ShowStr
%   10 320 20 10 40 0.25 /Times-Roman 
%		(20hght 10wdth 40ang Times-Roman) ShowStr
%   10 280 30 20 330 0.25 /Times-Roman 
%		(30hght 20wdth 330ang Times-Roman) ShowStr


/ShowStrGrayDict 8 dict def
/ShowStrGray { % call: x y mingray maxgray string ShowStrGray -
  % show a string with increasing (decreasing) gray-levels
  gsave
  ShowStrGrayDict begin
    /Str exch def /MaxG exch def /MinG exch def /Y exch def /X exch def
    /Step MaxG MinG sub Str length 1 sub div def
    /TmpStr 2 string def
    X Y moveto
    0 1 Str length 1 sub {
      /LoopVar exch def
      MinG setgray
      TmpStr 0 Str LoopVar get put TmpStr show
      /MinG MinG Step add def
    } for
  end
  grestore
} bind def % ShowStrGray
% DEMO
%   /Times-Roman findfont [30 0 0 40 0 0] makefont setfont
%   30 400 0.0 0.9 (Abcde Fghij Klmno) ShowStrGray
%   30 300 0.9 0.0 (Abcde Fghij Klmno) ShowStrGray


/SquareEmptyDict 6 dict def
/SquareEmpty { % call: xbl ybl xtr ytr gray width SquareEmpty -
  % bl = bottom-left, tr = top-right
  gsave
  SquareEmptyDict begin
    /Width exch def /Gray exch def
    /Ytr exch def /Xtr exch def /Ybl exch def /Xbl exch def
    newpath Xbl Ybl moveto Xtr Ybl lineto Xtr Ytr lineto
    Xbl Ytr lineto Xbl Ybl lineto closepath
    Width setlinewidth Gray setgray stroke 
  end
  grestore
} bind def % SquareEmpty
% DEMO 
%   100 100 300 500 0.75 5 SquareEmpty


/SquareSolidDict 5 dict def
/SquareSolid { % call: xbl ybl xtr ytr gray SquareEmpty -
  % bl = bottom-left, tr = top-right
  gsave
  SquareSolidDict begin
    /Gray exch def /Ytr exch def /Xtr exch def /Ybl exch def /Xbl exch def
    newpath Xbl Ybl moveto Xtr Ybl lineto Xtr Ytr lineto
    Xbl Ytr lineto Xbl Ybl lineto closepath
    Gray setgray fill 
  end
  grestore
} bind def % SquareSolid
% DEMO 
%   50 400 400 600 0.25 SquareSolid


Please report any remarks and/or bugs to:
Jos de Bruijne
Philips Research Labs Eindhoven, 
Holland (The country in Europe, NOT the city in the USA!)
Email: debruyne@prles3.prl.philips.nl