prettying up PostScript - re-post

[George Taylor]

Simon,

If you have access to "IslandDraw" on the SUN, that will do the trick.
I've been taking the postscript output, adding annotations, saving
as postscript, and printing to a Tektronix PhaserII.  The drawings
include both raster, text, and vector data.  With the Mac,
I've tried "Illustrator" and "Freehand" with no luck.  In addition, there
is a package that runs on NeXT machines that works too by the name of
"Tailor".

- Wayne Gibson                               -
- Oregon State University                    -
- Internet email : oregon at chaos.ats.orst.edu -



> 

> No responses first time around, so I'll ask again!
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> 

> I'm a big fan of ps.map, since it gives the fexibility to
> use  a variety of output devices (I have had success with
> Canon Color Laser Copiers, Canon Bubblejets, Sun SparcPrinter (deceased),
> and an Agfa slidemaker).  However, sometimes, it seems rather laborious
> to put all the required annotation on through fiddling with
> a ps.map script.  What would be nice is to generate the basic
> output with the geographically critical elements included with
> ps.map, and then add an extra layer of annotation in some more
> friendly wysiwyg application, like some drawing or painting package
> on a Mac or PC.  I contacted the local Aldus people today, but
> they tell me the well known packages do not import "raw" postscript,
> and are flakey even with "eps", though the latter sounds like a better  
option.
> Has anyone else wrestled with this one and come up with a nice solution?
> 

> btw, I do NOT want to convert the thing to a raster, as I like the high
> quality lines and text that you get from ps.map, which I do not
> think are available from GRASS in any other way.
> 

> Cheers
> 

> Simon Cox
>