briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm) (02/02/90)
> Addison make several very good books on the Postscript language. They are > frequently referenced by the color of the cover, ie the RED BOOK or the > BLUE book. Both are soft cover books of about 250-300 pages each. These are: > > PostScript: Language Reference Manual by Adobe Systems Inc (RED BOOK) > > PostScript: Language Tutorial & cookbook by Adobe Systems Inc (BLUE BOOK) > (Addison-Wesley) There is a third volume out, the GREEN book, that has extensive and detailed programming examples. It talks about program structure more than commands. -- -Brian Diehm Tektronix, Inc. (503) 627-3437 briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM P.O. Box 500, M/S 39-383 Beaverton, OR 97077 (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
gat@cacs.usl.edu (Gary A. Thompson) (02/02/90)
In article <5519@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Brian D Diehm) writes:
-- Addison make several very good books on the Postscript language. They are
-- frequently referenced by the color of the cover, ie the RED BOOK or the
-- BLUE book. Both are soft cover books of about 250-300 pages each. These are:
--
-- PostScript: Language Reference Manual by Adobe Systems Inc (RED BOOK)
--
-- PostScript: Language Tutorial & cookbook by Adobe Systems Inc (BLUE BOOK)
-- (Addison-Wesley)
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-There is a third volume out, the GREEN book, that has extensive and detailed
-programming examples. It talks about program structure more than commands.
I have found _Real World Postscript_ edited by Stephen Roth from
Addison-Wesley to be pretty useful. It is a collection of "tutorials" by
professionals who use PostScript in their work. There are some fairly
advanced topics covered that you probably won't find anywhere else.
Gary Thompson
gat@gator.cacs.usl.edu