werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) (07/01/89)
Obviously, the implied political content of this drawing makes
the inclusion of comp.lang.postscript in the newsgroup line a little
problematic, but I have a few questions: when this same character is
generated by Cricket Draw, the resulting PostScript comes to 18K, 43K
if the proper Macintosh header is prepended to it. In my hands, it came
out to about 2K, and a good percentage of that is the numerous inclusion
of the word inch. Is the QuickDraw to PostScript translation really that
inefficient, and if so why?
As an example of Bezier curves, this is passable, but somewhere
between mediocre and pathetic for form.
As for content.
Min (4) by itself means people. It is the same min as in
RenMIN, also translated people (as in Renmin Ribao, "The People's Daily").
Zhu (1) means to lead. One appearance of this word is as in: Mao ZHUxi,
Chairman Mao. Together, it forms the chinese word for Democracy. I have
specifically seen this character in the many banners displayed in
Tiananmen Square prior to two weeks ago.
The text below it is of course, Thomas Jefferson. Specifically, it
is the second and third sections of the Declaration of Independence. The
first of these: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
is well quoted to that point, but more importantly continues: "That to
ensure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed." which is probably the key
phrase in the entire passage, "the consent of the governed." It further
continues into a passage which incidentally, when polled by the Gallup
organization several years ago, most people attributed to Marx rather
than Jefferson: "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and
to institute new Government..." That "Right" of course, is revolutionary...
The print:
Note: uses ZapfChancery-MediumItalic as the closest approximation to
the hand script of the Declaration. Change this to Times-Roman if
you lack this font.
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%!PS
% syntax
% x1 y1 x2 y2 r arcto xt1 xt2 yt1 yt2
% x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 curveto - append Bezier cubic section
% rcurveto
/inch {72 mul} def
/CENTER { /Y exch def /X exch def} def
/&CENTER { X Y } def
8 setlinewidth
% min
2 inch 7.875 inch moveto
2 inch 5.125 inch lineto
2.375 inch 5.375 inch lineto stroke
2 inch 6.5 inch moveto
3.75 inch 7 inch lineto stroke
2 inch 7.875 inch moveto
2.625 inch 8.0 inch lineto
3.25 inch 8.125 inch 3.5 inch 8 inch 3.125 inch 7.25 inch curveto stroke
2 inch 7 inch moveto 3.125 inch 7.25 inch lineto stroke
2.625 inch 7.125 inch moveto
2.75 inch 5 inch 3.75 inch 5 inch 3.875 inch 5.125 inch curveto
3.75 inch 5.5 inch lineto stroke
% zhu
5.125 inch 7.75 inch moveto %top
5.375 inch 7.625 inch 5.5 inch 7.5 inch 5.5 inch 7.25 inch curveto
stroke
4.625 inch 6.875 inch moveto %top horiz
6.375 inch 7.125 inch lineto stroke
5.5 inch 7 inch moveto %vertical
5.5 inch 5.425 inch lineto stroke
4.875 inch 6.125 inch moveto %mid horiz
6.25 inch 6.25 inch lineto stroke
4.375 inch 5.25 inch moveto %bottom
5.125 inch 5.5 inch 6.25 inch 5.5 inch 6.75 inch 5.375 inch curveto
stroke
% Text below
/&PS 18 def
/&LM 1.5 inch def
/NL { currentpoint /_Y exch def pop &LM _Y &PS 1.1 mul sub moveto } def
/SHOW { show NL} def
&LM 4 inch moveto
/ZapfChancery-MediumItalic findfont &PS scalefont setfont
(We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created) SHOW
(equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain) SHOW
(inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the) SHOW
(pursuit of Happiness. That to ensure these rights, Governments) SHOW
(are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the) SHOW
(consent of the governed, --- That whenever any Form of) SHOW
(Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of) SHOW
(the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new) SHOW
(Government, laying its foundation on such principles and) SHOW
(organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most) SHOW
(likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.) SHOW
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Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go)
werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
(1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517)
I'll also entertain gifts,knick-knacks,offers of money, & proposals of marriage