Re: PS Center Text???

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From: Mitch Wright
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 15:14

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/*
 * gross@umiami.miami.edu (JD144) writes:
 *
 */

> Well, does anyone out there have a PS centering procedure?  Something
> that can take a text string and center it on the page?

% Center String between 2 points 
% Call as: (string) Left_Point Right_Point Y_position center
%
/center {
	/ypos exch def
	add 2 div exch
	dup stringwidth pop
	/sw exch def
	exch sw 2 div
	neg add ypos moveto
} def

--
   ..mitch

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Subject: Re: PS Center Text???
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