# Questions tagged [postscript]

{postscript} concerns the PostScript page description language that forms the base for PS, EPS and PDF formats common to (La)TeX

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### Montserrat font/package, “invalidfont” error when printing

I'm using the montserrat package to use the Montserrat font and I'm having troubles printing the resulting PDF. This is a trivial minimal example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}...
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### TeXcolorrgb vs. setrgbcolor

I wonder if there is a tiny difference of the produced color within the resulting pdf. Within this given example - two colored lines differently setup. One line is setup with LaTeX, the other line ...
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### Notes between two columns with multicol

I have been working to get notes (possibly margin notes, but doesn't have to be) in between two columns of text. This question has proved useful, however it works with the twocolumn option for the ...
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### Is converting a PDF file to Post Script a lossless operation? [closed]

I will use pstops to do some rearranging of a PDF-file, but first I need to convert it to Post Script. Is that a lossless operation? That is, are the curves in a Post Script file described using the ...
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### Calculating data inside pst-plot/postscript and conditionally coloring the plot

I am getting lots of simulated data in tables with 13 columns, from where I want to plot the following: The x axis should be column number 12 (E), which is fine with plotNoX=12. The y axis should be ...
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### Is it possible to use ALT 227 (π) as a PostScript constant?

Is it possible to use π as a PS constant in my attempt below? \documentclass[pstricks]{standalone} \usepackage{pst-plot} \begin{document} \pspicture(\psPiTwo,4) \pstVerb{/2π {2 Pi mul} def} \psplot{0}...
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### Boundary of a path as a new path?

Is it possible to use the boundary of a shape defined as some path as a new path? In the following example \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=3] \...
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### PostScript Driver for DVI Files has stopped working

How do i enable the PostScript Driver for DVI Files to work properly.I am not able to insert pictures in my latex document in PCTEX. How can i fix this problem?
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### Using a PS-specific package with XeTeX

I've a package I'd much like to use, MayaPS (for typesetting Mayan glyphs, with many features that make glyph composition easy), but the package comes only as a PostScript thing, and the authors have ...
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### How does PSTricks determine the final path direction of composite objects made by \reversepath?

Let me divide the discussion into 2 cases: Using \CW \documentclass[border=12pt]{standalone} \usepackage{pstricks} \def\CW{\psline(2,2)(3,4)(4,1)(4,-3)} \begin{document} \begin{pspicture}[...
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### How do PostScript interpreters know the meanings of PGF-specific operators, such as 'pgfe' and 'pgfstr'?

A TikZ node "lives" in a TeX box. With latex as the TeX engine these boxes are converted to PostScript directives. Use \showbox to see how a box like this is implemented by following these steps. ...
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### latex and pdflatex produce different colors given the same TikZ picture

Consider the following LaTeX manuscript featuring a TikZ picture* containing an empty, red-bordered node placed at the picture's origin. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tikz} \begin{document} ...
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### pdflatex and gnuplot's epslatex

I'm having some trouble trying to use gnuplot's epslatex terminal in a tex document to be compiled with pdflatex. The figure appears too big in the final pdf, and the axis' tics are not in math mode, ...
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### Calculated label rotation in postscript

Elaborating on a solution obtained from the accepted answer of my earlier question, I would like to rotate upside-down labels on the righthand side of the rosetta using modulus. \documentclass[...
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### How to make the resulting .pdf file web accessible for screen readers when figures are included as .eps files?

I have a 122-page document in Latex with many postscript (.eps) figures. The final .pdf has to be made Web Accessible. However, the figures in the .pdf do not get read by a screen reader (e.g. Adobe's ...
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### Microtype package is not supported dvips output

I am using microtype package for good kerning text output. I am using below mentioned settings in my tex file. \usepackage{microtype} \DisableLigatures[f]{size=normalsize-}%disable Ligatures I ...
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### How to convert a dvi file to an encapsulated postscript file?

I heard that we can use dvips –E to convert dvi to encapsulated postscript. But I do not know what is dvips -E. I can not find a command like "dvips -E" in my Texmaker. Clearly, I am a rookie. Can ...
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### Default font used by PSTricks?

I am trying to recreate this drawing: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cartesian_coordinates_2D.svg There are instructions at the end, but I want to skip some steps. Namely, I want to import ...
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### pstricks: Color area under graph: what is dup?

For coloring an area under a graph, there exist multiple approaches with pstricks. I found a solution that was never mentioned on stack-exchange, but seems to be really simple: \psplot[linewidth=1pt,...
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### Why Latex compiler seems to be bound to PostScript?

I am considering the following facts about the latex compiler: It only takes PostScript (PS) or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files as image input; It produces only DVI files as output, which can be ...
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### Font with PSTricks and Beamer

I am creating standard beamer presentations. Moreover I use PSTricks to produce my pictures in a separate file. Afterwards I include the pdf with the pictures into the presentation. Unfortunatelly ...
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### Problem with Greek letters in mathptmx [closed]

I'm new to Latex and I'm supposed to write a journal paper using the template provided by the journal itself. The guides in the template suggest using PostScript fonts by the package "mathptmx". I ...
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### Print to EPS file in Windows 10

In Windows 7 and older versions I did this to generate EPS: I installed a driver for a postcript printer (from HP for example). Set "file" as printer port, so that output was directed to a file ...
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### error postscript file “Couldn't find header file”

I have a huge LaTex file with lots going on. Not sure how I can share a reproducible example. But this is the error I'm getting and it's driving me crazy! I don't even know where to start to look. It ...
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### TeXStudio and GSview problem: file .ps does not exist

I have updated TeXStudio and now, when I compile, all work without errors. But If I "compile and view" or simple "view" The answer is: File 'path\paper.ps' does not exist from GSview. Till ...
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### Dvi-ps-pdf Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 (/stackunderflow in --begin--)

I'm trying to compile a tex file via tex-dvi-ps-pdf, in a MacOS X. I've seen: Ghostscript 8.57: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 auto-pst-pdf throws 'MiKTeX GPL Ghostscript 9.05: Unrecoverable ...
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### Is it possible to build a table with strings of dingbats instead of horizontal rules?

I know you can make or create an table with tabbing or tabular. But is it possible to build a table with dingbats instead of \hlines? My code so far you could make the top line with \dingline{190} ...
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### Running PSTricks image on TeXShop

I am trying to compile the following pstricks image which I asked in another post: \mathversion{sans}\setlength\fboxsep{0pt} \begin{postscript} \$\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 ...
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### How to modify postscript file to use the same font as the main document

I have to include a Postscript picture in a latex document. The ps file is generated by another program. I would like to modify the font within the ps so that it correspond to the same main font of ...
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### Lyx does not export postscript file! [closed]

I try to export a lyx file to .ps format. But while I hit the save button I got the following error: "No information to export the format Postscript" Any help will be appreciated. Thanks,
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### eps2pgf error: /undefined in currentlinecap

I'm encountering a problem when converting .eps to .pgf with eps2pgf. I'm running OSX Yosemite with Java version 1.8.0_31. This is what I input in Terminal: java -jar eps2pgf.jar figure1.eps -o ...
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### Why is my \special{ps: …} not getting the dimensions correct?

Trying things out without relying on pstricks to see if I can write my own postscript code embedded within a LaTeX document. \documentclass{article} \begin{document} Hello world! \special{ps: ...
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### Drawing an oval around Text using postscript in latex and also create a macro for the same without tikz package

The solution is simple when I use packages like tikz. But I am not supposed to use packages. I need to use post script in latex. I am trying to draw this oval using two lines and two curves in a macro ...
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### Pixelated image in postscript format! [duplicate]

I have a big problem with the figures in my paper. I need to submit a postscript file to a journal. Figures are in a good shape while I directly convert the file to pdf. But while I save the file in ...
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### Pixelated image in ps format!

I have a big problem with the figures in my paper. I need to submit a postscript file to a journal. Figures are in a good shape while I directly convert the file to pdf. But while I save the file in ...
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### dvi to eps conversion

It's possible to convert dvi to eps format each page like http://www.tug.org/texinfohtml/dvipng.html. I want each page equation convert to eps format.
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### Generate new or change a line color with Postscript notation

I'd like to use \psset{linecolor = blue!\mapDFVtoColor} whereas \mapDFVtoColor is defined as something like \def\mapDFVtoColor{20 40 add 3.5 div} Here's a bit longer but condensed example \...
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### Why do people still use Postscript?

I submitted a journal paper this morning, and they asked me to include a PDF file, which I expected, and a Postscript (PS) file. Generating the PS file proved more difficult, because some of my ...
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### Is there a function for rad2deg and deg2rad for use in pst-solides3d?

Basically I'm using pst-solides3d to produce 3d-perspective figures. When writing the 3d transform parameters for rotateOpoint3d, it is required to have a unit of degree. But when writing an argument ...
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### How come the texnansi-encoding didn't work for the Symbol-font?

I've been installing PostScript Type 1 fonts in TeXLive, where I've used the texnansi encoding. Everything worked very well with every PS Type 1 font I tried, except when I came to the Symbol font, ...
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### Are .vf-files really needed in LaTeX in order to use PostScript Type 1 fonts?

I have adapted several PS Type 1 fonts for use with TeXLive. What I found out, is that only three types of font-files are needed, which are a .map-file, .tfm-files and .pfb-files. However, at http://...
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### Enter \n newline character in embedded postscript via pstricks

I want to be able to print neat debugging messages through pstricks/postscript. In the code below, how do I make the gs interpreter display a new line? \documentclass{article} \usepackage{pstricks} ...
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### Are there some tools to automate the final submission to IEEE?

I got a mail from the editor of the IEEE TEC journal where he explains the procedures which are needed to finalize the submission to the journal: The IEEE requires that you submit the following ...
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### How to use Lilypond's font in a LaTeX or PostScript file?

How can I use Lilypond's font in a LaTeX or PostScript file? I want to write chors using it, and I can't find the way on how to configure it. Obs.: in a PostScript file, in mean as PostScript ...
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### Writing to files through postscript via pstricks

I want to use file operations in postscript: right now I need them to print large debugging data, which otherwise I have to copy and paste from the standard output. More importantly, in the future, I ...
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### Conversion from pstricks coordinates to postscript coordinates

I am making a custom graphics library on top of pstricks and I need to convert from pstricks coordinates to postscript coordinates. I have a "working" example, cooked up via painful trial-and-error ...
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### Setting LaTeX => PS => PDF in RStudio

I am using RStudio, with knitr, and want to use Lodewyckx's graphicalmodels.sty for graphs. It requires changing output profile to LaTeX to PS to PDF. Can this be done in RStudio still using knitr?
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### Are postscript printers necessary for printing large pdfs compiled from LaTeX files?

I am shopping for a new printer for my office, and I have become aware that some printers have postscript drivers whereas others do not. For instance, this printer that I'm considering http://www....