[texhax] Translate PS-special into PDF-special
Heiko Oberdiek
heiko.oberdiek at googlemail.com
Fri Jun 28 09:11:32 CEST 2013
On 27.06.2013 22:03, Alex Scorpan wrote:
>
> I have a LaTeX document that draws some characters using PS \specials, like the one below. I need to be convert this document so it runs under pdfLaTeX, therefore I need these \specials converted to PDF specials. (There are a lot of them, and I do not want to include them as external images.)
>
> Is there an easy translation from PS to PDF for this?
>
> \special{%
> " 0 0 moveto currentpoint translate
> 10 10 scale 76 75 true
> [74 0 0 -74 -2 61] {%
> <00003e000003e000000000007f800003f800000000007f800007fc00000000007f800007%
> fc0000000000ff00000ff00000000000ff00000ff00000000001fe00381fe0001c000001%
> fc007c1fc0007e000003f800fe3fc000ff000003f001ff3fffffff800007ffffffffffff%
> ffc00007ffffffffffffffc0000f80e000f807800000000f80f000f007e00000001f0078%
> 01e003f00000001f007c01c001f80000003e003c03c000f80000007ee03e038000f80000%
> 00fcf03e030000f8000000f8fc3e020001f8000001f0fffffffffffc000003f0ffffffff%
> fffc000007e0fffffffffff000000fc0fc00000007e000001f00fc00000007e000003e00%
> fc00000007e000003800fc00000007e000001000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe0%
> 00000000ffffffffffe000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00%
> 000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e00000%
> 0000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000fc000000%
> 07e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000%
> fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe0%
> 00000000fc7e0001ffe000000000fc7e0001ffe000000000f87e0001f80000000000f87e%
> 0001f80000000000007e0001f8001c000000007e0001f8003e000000007e0001f8007f00%
> 000000fe0001f800ff80000000fc0001f801ffc0ffffffffffffffffffe07fffffffffff%
> fffffff03c0001f80001f8000000000001f80001f8000000000001f00001f80000000000%
> 03f00001f8000000000003e00001f8000000000007e00001f800000000000fc00001f800%
> 000000000f800001f800000000001f000001f800000000007c000001f80000000000f800%
> 0001f80000000003f0000001f8000000001fc0000001f8000000007e00000001f8000000%
> 0ff800000001f8000000080000000001f0000000000000000001e0000000>%
> } imagemask
> }
Yes, it can be translated, e.g.:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\usepackage{atbegshi}
\ifpdf
% Include dummy image to get /ImageB into /ProcSet.
\AtBeginShipout{%
\AtBeginShipoutUpperLeft{%
\put(-100,100){%
\includegraphics[height=50pt,width=50pt]{dummy.png}%
}%
}%
}%
\fi
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\mbox{}
\ifpdf
\pdfliteral{%
q
10 0 0 10 0 0 cm
BI
/IM true%
/W 76%
/H 75%
/D[1 0]%
/F/AHx
ID %
00003e000003e000000000007f800003f800000000007f800007fc00000000007f800007%
fc0000000000ff00000ff00000000000ff00000ff00000000001fe00381fe0001c000001%
fc007c1fc0007e000003f800fe3fc000ff000003f001ff3fffffff800007ffffffffffff%
ffc00007ffffffffffffffc0000f80e000f807800000000f80f000f007e00000001f0078%
01e003f00000001f007c01c001f80000003e003c03c000f80000007ee03e038000f80000%
00fcf03e030000f8000000f8fc3e020001f8000001f0fffffffffffc000003f0ffffffff%
fffc000007e0fffffffffff000000fc0fc00000007e000001f00fc00000007e000003e00%
fc00000007e000003800fc00000007e000001000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe0%
00000000ffffffffffe000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00%
000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e00000%
0000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000fc000000%
07e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000%
fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe0%
00000000fc7e0001ffe000000000fc7e0001ffe000000000f87e0001f80000000000f87e%
0001f80000000000007e0001f8001c000000007e0001f8003e000000007e0001f8007f00%
000000fe0001f800ff80000000fc0001f801ffc0ffffffffffffffffffe07fffffffffff%
fffffff03c0001f80001f8000000000001f80001f8000000000001f00001f80000000000%
03f00001f8000000000003e00001f8000000000007e00001f800000000000fc00001f800%
000000000f800001f800000000001f000001f800000000007c000001f80000000000f800%
0001f80000000003f0000001f8000000001fc0000001f8000000007e00000001f8000000%
0ff800000001f8000000080000000001f0000000000000000001e0000000>
EI
Q
}%
\else
\special{%
" 0 0 moveto currentpoint translate
10 10 scale 76 75 true
[74 0 0 -74 -2 61] {%
<00003e000003e000000000007f800003f800000000007f800007fc00000000007f800007%
fc0000000000ff00000ff00000000000ff00000ff00000000001fe00381fe0001c000001%
fc007c1fc0007e000003f800fe3fc000ff000003f001ff3fffffff800007ffffffffffff%
ffc00007ffffffffffffffc0000f80e000f807800000000f80f000f007e00000001f0078%
01e003f00000001f007c01c001f80000003e003c03c000f80000007ee03e038000f80000%
00fcf03e030000f8000000f8fc3e020001f8000001f0fffffffffffc000003f0ffffffff%
fffc000007e0fffffffffff000000fc0fc00000007e000001f00fc00000007e000003e00%
fc00000007e000003800fc00000007e000001000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe0%
00000000ffffffffffe000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00%
000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e00000%
0000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe000000000fc000000%
07e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000%
fc00000007e000000000fc00000007e000000000ffffffffffe000000000ffffffffffe0%
00000000fc7e0001ffe000000000fc7e0001ffe000000000f87e0001f80000000000f87e%
0001f80000000000007e0001f8001c000000007e0001f8003e000000007e0001f8007f00%
000000fe0001f800ff80000000fc0001f801ffc0ffffffffffffffffffe07fffffffffff%
fffffff03c0001f80001f8000000000001f80001f8000000000001f00001f80000000000%
03f00001f8000000000003e00001f8000000000007e00001f800000000000fc00001f800%
000000000f800001f800000000001f000001f800000000007c000001f80000000000f800%
0001f80000000003f0000001f8000000001fc0000001f8000000007e00000001f8000000%
0ff800000001f8000000080000000001f0000000000000000001e0000000>%
} imagemask
}%
\fi
\end{document}
Yours sincerely
Heiko Oberdiek
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