ARCHIVED: What is PostScript?
PostScript is a page description language (PDL) developed by Adobe. In
essence, it is a programming language for describing how a page is to
be printed or displayed. Examples of other PDLs include Envoy,
PDF, and PCL. PostScript files often have the file
extension .ps
or .eps
, and consist of
functions for describing and positioning lines, shapes, fills, and
other graphical elements, as well as for placing and formatting text.
Since PostScript describes the nature of a file's contents rather than just specifying how they look, PostScript content can be scaled effectively to any size. For example, postcard-sized content in a PostScript file could be expanded to the size of a billboard without any loss in quality.
For more about PostScript, see Adobe's product page for PostScript or search Adobe's web site.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 12:27:20.