scout%zyzzyva@SUN.COM (David LaVallee) (10/05/88)
The point should be made that PostScript is VERY worth learning regardless of the learning resources you have available. This message will enumerate a number of the resources I have called on to teach PostScript language and NeWS. I have the bias of having been a graphic designer before getting into this computer stuff. PostScript is found in "many" (understatement intended) printers at a variety of resolutions and numbers of colors. All of the window systems of the (near, and past-present) future leverage PostScript in some fashion. In the early days of PostScript my development environment consisted of the Adobe "Blue" book, and cat-ing files to the LaserWriter, counting the number of times the yellow light blinked to determine how far my program had got. The situation is much better today: The Bible: Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Reference Addison-Wesley the "Red" book Beginner-Intermediate: Book: D Holzgang, Understanding PostScript Programing Sybex Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Tutorial and CookBook Addison-Wesley the "Blue" book MacSW: -LaserTalk, by Emerald City Software -the Cricket products -Adobe Illustrator -Aldus Freehand (appologies if I've left out any, it's just that I don't follow Mac software availability too closely) Advanced Book: Adobe Systems Inc.: PostScript Program Design Addison-Wesley the "Green" book (I can't wait for the cyan, yellow, and magenta books) Book: Bove, Davis, Rhodes: Adobe Illustrator, official handbook Bantam Computer Books especially chapter 6... Paper: O Densmore: Object Oriented Programming in NeWS Nov. 1986, USENIX Monterey Computer Graphics Workshop SW: NeWS on Sun, SGI, Mac, Amiga, VAX, RT, ISI, OS2, etcetera. Also of interest: Book: Alex White: How to Spec Type published by Watson-Guptill, a good introduction to Graphic Design with a bent on typography. Book: S Ambron, and K Hooper: Interactive Multimedia Microsoft Press Book: G Holzmann: Beyond Photography, the Digital Darkroom Prentice Hall (more on this one later) --scout
lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) (10/20/88)
From article <8809300004.AA02405@zyzzyva.sun.com>, by scout%zyzzyva@SUN.COM (David LaVallee):
Thanks for the references. But I'd like to disrecommend:
" Book: D Holzgang, Understanding PostScript Programing
" Sybex
Not enough examples, mostly repeats material in the Blue book,
condescending tone ("Now we're going to examine the concept of ...").
Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu