Re: How can I fill text?

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From: Dick Dunn
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1989 04:25

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In article <2200001@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen) writes:
> Does anyone have a sample of postscript function to fit a string to a box
> of a given size? What I want is for the string to start a new line before
> it goes outside of the box...

Someone already posted the reference to the Adobe-published example.
However, it's probably worth an aside that if you're writing something that
will see a lot of production use, you'd be better off doing the calculation
in the host computer before you send it to the printer--not everything that
*can* be done in PostScript *should* be done there.  It can make a differ-
ence in printing speed.
-- 
Dick Dunn      UUCP: {ncar,nbires}!ico!rcd           (303)449-2870
   ...A friend of the devil is a friend of mine.

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From: rcd@ico.ISC.COM (Dick Dunn)
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Subject: Re: How can I fill text?
Summary: not a great idea
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Date: 26 Jan 89 04:25:30 GMT
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corp, Boulder, CO
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