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Article #11401Re: possible to save ASCII postscript from Quark?
From: Michael Rowland
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 01:25
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 01:25
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dws@ssec.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson) writes: > Is it possible to save something from Quark in ASCII encapsulated > postscript form? I've been trying to help someone save an image from > Quark in encapsulated postscript format, and all he can get is a > postscript file with a binary header and trailer, with all the newlines > in the postscript text removed. Since the newlines in the postscript > text are all gone, the postscript text has the tokens at the end of > what would have been lines 'glued' to the tokens at the beginning of > what would have been following lines. This makes the postscript text > useless. > > If there isn't a way to save the figure as ASCII EPS, does anyone have > a program which can read the Quark binary EPS format and produce > regular ASCII EPS? I imagine the binary header and trailer record > where the newlines should be.... > > DaviD W. Sanderson (dws@ssec.wisc.edu) Have you tried to "Place" the EPS as artwork within Adobe Illustrator? I've had some success that way. You also might try [oddly enough] Placing it in PageMaker. jmr -- rowley@theporch.raider.net (Michael Rowland) theporch.raider.net 615/297-7951 The MacInteresteds of Nashville
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