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2D graphics engine
Display PostScript is a 2D graphics engine system for computers that uses the PostScript (PS) imaging model and language to generate on-screen graphics. PS was originally developed for computer printing, to which DPS adds a number of features intended to ease working with bitmapped displays and improve performance of some common tasks. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Display PostScriptA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: More Wonders of the Invisible WorldThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Postscript routines for display of watershed dataCited 0 times
- Go sideways: PostScriptA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
More Wonders of the Invisible WorldRobert Calef · 1828
A guide to LATEXHelmut Kopka, Patrick W. Daly · 1993
Exploratory data analysisJohn Wilder Tukey · 1970
More wonders of the invisible worldRobert Calef · 1700
Programming the display PostScriptSystem with NeXTstepAdobe Systems Inc. · 1992
More wonders of the invisible world: or, The wonders of the invisible world, displayed in five parts. ...Robert Calef · 1797
More wonders of the invisible world: or, The wonders of the invisible world, display'd in five partsRobert Calef · 1700- 📕Proposal for publishing by subscription, More wonders of the invisible world: or, The wonders of the invisible world, displayed in five parts. ..William Carlton · 1796
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