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- Additional Notes to Accompany Version 2.20 (02-May-1993)
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- !!!! P L E A S E N O T E !!!!
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- !EPSobject is - N O T - a Postscript Interpreter.
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- It can convert EPS files from AI or Corel-Draw 2.xx/3.xx formats (or from
- programs using these formats) but is not guaranteed to work with other EPS
- formats.
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- Because Draw files cannot easily be be persuaded to display:
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- a: Linear or Radial fills
- and b: Caligraphic-Pen lines
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- a rather radical approach has been taken when these objects are found in
- EPS files produced by eg. CorelDraw 3.xx.
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- EPS files produced by CorelDraw 3.xx EPS should contain the following line
- in the header (without inverted commas):
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- "% -------------- POSTSCRIPT PROLOG FOR CORELDRAW 3.X"
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- (or at least the words: "CORELDRAW 3.X" !!!!)
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- This will ensure, amongst other things, correct colour translation !
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- Furthermore, the resulting Drawfiles will be such that for:
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- a: Linear-Fill and Radial-fill
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- The resultant Draw file will flood the area in question with the
- average colour value of the start and end colour values.
- eg.
- Start colour = Black
- End colour = White
- Resultant flood colour in DRAW = Grey (50%)
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- b: Calligraphic-Pen
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- The resultant Draw file will use a line width which is the
- average of height and width for the relevant lines.
- eg.
- Height = 1 Pt.
- Width = 2 Pt.
- Line width in DRAW = 1.5 Pt.
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- Rotated Text (ie. not on path!)
-
- Unfortunately, not yet possible with this version of !EPSobject !!
- (can anybody supply details of the Draw-File-Format for this ?)
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- Additionally, a few minor 'bug fixes' and improvements have been made in
- this version.
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- Example files are no longer distributed together with the program as these
- have not changed from previous versions. You should, however, be able to
- obtain them seperately from the same place you received !EPSobject (possibly
- as a Sparkive called simply 'EPSfiles').
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- End of Additional Notes for Version 2.20 (02-May-1993)
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