ps commands to print "DRAFT"

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From: Ross Yahnke, MACC
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 1990 16:35

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August 1990 MacUser had a tip on how to print the large word "DRAFT"
over a document, using a PS escape font. I've sort of gotten it to
work in Nisus, only problem is the word "DRAFT" obscures the
underlying text - unlike the example in the magazine. Can anybody
suggest what must be done to make the word "DRAFT" transparent?
Here's the code, thanks!:

gsave

initgraphics

/font /Helvetica-Bold def
/pointsize 100 def
/text (DRAFT) def

/center {dup stringwidth pop
2 div neg 0 rmoveto} def
306 396 moveto
90 setgray
font findfont pointsize scalefont setfont
45 rotate
24 0 text center ashow
grestore

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