\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.1}What is PostScript?}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.2}Programs that output PostScript}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.3}Why program in raw PostScript?}{2}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {1.4}What this document does and does not offer}{3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2}Previewing PostScript}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.1}\ptt gs}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {2.2}\ptt dxpsview}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3}Printing out PostScript}{4}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4}Stacking the deck}{5}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5}Get moving---graphics basics}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.1}The coordinate system}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.2}Path construction}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.3}Painting}{7}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.4}The physical page}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.5}\ptt moveto}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.6}\ptt lineto}{8}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.7}\ptt stroke}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.8}\ptt showpage}{9}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {5.9}\ptt closepath}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {6}Less filling! Tastes great! ({\ptt fill} and other fun)}{10}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7}Running around in circles ({\ptt arc} and {\ptt arcn})}{12}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8}A word is worth a thousand pictures---setting text}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9}Moving in with relatives ({\ptt rmoveto} and {\ptt rlineto})}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10}{\ptt def} awareness---defining stuff and why you should}{14}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {11}Front and center---how to center text}{15}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {12}Transformers---you control the coordinate system}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {12.1}\ptt scale}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {12.2}\ptt translate}{16}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {12.3}\ptt rotate}{17}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {12.4}landscape mode}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {13}Saving Massachusetts (or any graphics state)}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {14}Where to Get More Information}{18}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {15}Acknowledgments}{18}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {16}About this document}{19}