Re: Conversion form Postscript to AI Postscript

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From: Leslie Mikesell
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 18:02

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In article <4372@vidiot.UUCP> brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
>Huh?  What the Hell is AI PostScript?  PostScript is PostScript.  Yes, you may
>have heard of DSC, EPS and EPSF, but that has to do with document structuring.
>The PostScript code that is contained within any document structure is standard
>PostScript.

>Is there some kind of document structure that Adobe Illustrator is using that
>is different then the definitions that Adobe help set up?

It's what Adobe Illustrator generates - "real" postscript but a subset that
other programs like Corel Draw can import and convert to their own vector
format without needing to understand the full postscript language.  I assume
they predefine some drawing primitives and use them rather than arbitrary
postscript within the body of the illustration.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us

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Subject: Re: Conversion form Postscript to AI Postscript
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