Conference name placards

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2 total messages Started by Ed Japel Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:41

#5726

Author: Ed Japel
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:41

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Hi!  I have been trying to write a postscript program to print
a persons name on one long edge of a paper, and again along
the opposite edge, rotated so that when the paper is folded in the middle (lengthwise, the name will be readable from either side.  This should
not be as difficult as I am trying to make it, I have a bad case
of brain-block.   Thanks for any help!
 
Michael Moe
mkiteam@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu

Re: Conference name placards

#5738

Author: Matthew D. Goldman
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:02

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In article <BxxIt6.3KI@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mkiteam@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Ed Japel) writes:
>Hi!  I have been trying to write a postscript program to print
>a persons name on one long edge of a paper, and again along
>the opposite edge, rotated so that when the paper is folded in the middle (lengthwise, the name will be readable from either side.  This should
>not be as difficult as I am trying to make it, I have a bad case
>of brain-block.   Thanks for any help!
> 
>Michael Moe
>mkiteam@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
>

%!
/SectorTitle {          % string x y r > -
        gsave                           % save graphics state
                /R exch def             % Pull info off stack.
                /Y exch def             %   remember first in and
                /X exch def             %   last out queue.
                0 setgray               % color to black
                /Times-Roman findfont   % select font
                32 scalefont            % set pointsize
                setfont                 % use this as the default font
               /X /Y moveto            % select x and y
                /R rotate               % orient text
                currentpoint translate  % orient new zero location.
                show                    % put the letter on the page
        grestore                        % put graphics state back
} def

(Test Info - 590 36 90) 590 36 90 SectorTitle
(Test Info - 75 600 270) 75 600 270 SectorTitle

showpage

That should do it.

Matt


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