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From: Gary McGath Adobe · PostScript November 3, 1988 5:52 AM
That's a fairly complicated order. I'd do something like the following: save /Helvetica-BlackOblique findfont 32 scalefont setfont (Your logo) true charpath clip ;make the logo the clipping path /grayval 0 def Then, in a for loop, set the gray level (with setgray) to grayval, draw a rectangle covering part of…
#6156 Display PostScript Message #6164
From: Gary McGath Adobe · PostScript October 21, 1988 6:38 AM
#6107- Display PostScript Message #6117
From: Gary McGath Amiga Arts · PostScript October 19, 1988 8:09 PM
Ah, just as I expected; the writers of the article probably found a reference for Display PostScript under Xwindows somewhere and used that as their total knowledge of PostScript. Little things like putting the expression "showpage operator" in quotes sounded like someone who was unfamiliar with the language.