PostScript files distributed with Ghostscript
Table of contents
For other information, see the Ghostscript
overview.
Generally used system files
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- gs_*_e.ps
These files define the Encodings known to Ghostscript. All of
them except gs_std_e.ps and gs_il1_e.ps
are loaded only if referred to.
-
PostScript Encodings:
-
gs_ce_e.ps,
gs_il1_e.ps,
gs_std_e.ps,
gs_sym_e.ps.
-
PDF Encodings:
-
gs_mex_e.ps,
gs_mro_e.ps,
gs_pdf_e.ps,
gs_wan_e.ps.
-
Non-standard Encodings:
-
gs_dbt_e.ps,
gs_il2_e.ps,
gs_ksb_e.ps,
gs_wl1_e.ps,
gs_wl2_e.ps,
gs_wl5_e.ps.
-
Pseudo-encodings:
-
gs_css_e.ps,
gs_lgo_e.ps,
gs_lgx_e.ps,
gs_mgl_e.ps.
- gs_btokn.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in if the btoken
feature is included in the configuration. It provides support for binary
tokens.
- gs_ccfnt.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in if the ccfonts
feature is included in the configuration. It provides support for compiled
fonts.
- gs_cff.ps
- Load CFF (compressed) fonts.
- gs_fntem.ps
- Code for emulating PostScript fonts with non-PostScript font technologies.
- gs_cidtt.ps
- Code for emulating CID fonts with TrueType fonts.
- gs_cidcm.ps
- Code for recognizing font names of the form CIDFont-CMap (or
CIDFont--CMap) and creating the font automatically.
- gs_ciddc.ps
- Defines Decoding and CIDDecoding resource categories and related procsets.
Used for for emulating PostScript fonts with non-PostScript font technologies.
- gs_cidfm.ps
- Provides resource mapping for CIDFont category.
- gs_cidfn.ps
ProcSet for implementing CIDFont and
CIDMap resources.
- gs_cmap.ps
ProcSet for implementing CMap resources.
- gs_cspace.ps
- PostScript portion of the basic color space handling;
see the extensive comment at the head of the file
for information.
- gs_dscp.ps
- Code to compensate for badly written PostScript files by setting
Orientation according to the DSC comments.
- gs_epsf.ps
- Allow the interpreter to recognize DOS EPSF file headers, and skip to the
PostScript section of the file.
- gs_fapi.ps
- Font API support.
- gs_fonts.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in. It initializes Ghostscript's
font machinery and provides some utility procedures that work with fonts.
- gs_frsd.ps
- Support for the PostScript LanguageLevel 3
ReusableStreamDecode filter.
- gs_img.ps
- Implementation of the traditional (non-dictionary)
form of the image and imagemask operators, and the
colorimage operator (including the Next alphaimage
facility).
- gs_init.ps
- Ghostscript reads this automatically when it starts up. It contains
definitions of many standard procedures and initialization for a wide
variety of things.
- gs_lev2.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in if the Ghostscript interpreter
includes Level 2 PostScript functions. It contains definitions of
procedures and miscellaneous initialization for the Level 2 functions.
- gs_ll3.ps
- Initialize PostScript LanguageLevel 3 functions.
- gs_resmp.ps
- A procset for redefining resource categories with a resource map.
- gs_resst.ps
- A procset which allow to put resource files into static data segment
of Ghostscript executable.
- gs_stres.ps
- A map for generating the static data segment with including
resource files, and for retrieving resources from there.
- gs_res.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in if the Level 2 resource
machinery is included. Currently, this is the case for all Level 2
configurations.
- gs_setpd.ps
- Implementation of the
setpagedevice operator.
- gs_statd.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in. It creates a dummy
statusdict and some other environmental odds and ends for
the benefit of PostScript files that really want to be printed on a
LaserWriter.
- gs_trap.ps
- Stub support for the PostScript LanguageLevel 3 "In-RIP trapping"
feature.
- gs_ttf.ps
- Support code for direct use of TrueType fonts.
- gs_typ32.ps
- Initialization file for Type 32 fonts.
- gs_typ42.ps
- Support code for Type 42 fonts (TrueType font in a PostScript "wrapper").
- gs_type1.ps
gs_init.ps reads this in if the Ghostscript interpreter
includes Type 1 font capability (which it normally does).
Configuration files
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution. Users are allowed to modify them
to configure Ghostscript.
- Fontmap
- Font mapping table.
- cidfmap
- CID font mapping table. Allows substitution of a CID font for another CID font or
a TrueType font for a CID font.
- FAPIconfig
- A configuration file for Font API client.
- FAPIfontmap
- Font mapping table for Font-API-handled fonts.
- FAPIcidfmap
- Font mapping table for Font-API-handled CID fonts.
More obscure system files
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- font2c.ps
- Convert a PostScript Type 0 or Type 1 font to C code that can be compiled
and linked into Ghostscript; see the documentation on fonts for how to do this.
- gs_agl.ps
- Contains the mapping from Adobe glyph names to Unicode values, used to
support TrueType fonts.
- gs_cet.ps
- Sets a number of alternate defaults to make Ghostscript
behave more like Adobe CPSI. Useful for running the CET conformance
test suite.
- gs_cmdl.ps
- This file is not used yet. Eventually it will replace C code that
parses the Ghostscript command line.
- gs_diskf.ps
- This file implements the
-dDISKFONTS feature
(diskfont.dev). See the the usage documentation for a description of this feature.
- gs_diskn.ps
- This file implements the
%disk IODevice
(diskn.dev feature). See the the language documentation
for information on the use of the %disk# devices. These PostScript
modifications primarily perform the searching of all Searchable file
systems in a defined SearchOrder when a file reference does not contain
an explicit %device% specifier (such as %os% or
%disk0%). This is required to emulate undocumented
behaviour of Adobe PostScript printers that have a disk and was
experimentally determined.
- gs_fform.ps
- A usable but imperfect PostScript implementation of Form caching.
- gs_kanji.ps
- This file provides support for the Wadalab free Kanji font. It is not
included automatically in any configuration.
- gs_pdfwr.ps
- This file contains some patches for providing information to the
pdfwrite driver. It is included only if the
pdfwrite driver is included.
- gs_pfile.ps
- This file provides runtime support for packed fonts. It is not
included automatically in any configuration.
- gs_rdlin.ps
- A tiny patch for systems with built-in readline support.
- ht_ccsto.ps
- A default stochastic CMYK halftone. This file is in the public domain.
- stcolor.ps
- Configure the (Epson)
stcolor driver
PDF-specific system files
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- gs_l2img.ps
- The
ProcSet that emulates the PostScript Level 2
"image" operator on Level 1 systems.
- pdf_base.ps
- Utilities for interpreting PDF objects and streams.
- pdf_draw.ps
- The interpreter for drawing-related PDF operations.
- pdf_font.ps
- Code for handling fonts in PDF files.
- pdf_main.ps
- Document- and page-level control for interpreting PDF files.
- pdf_ops.ps
- Definitions for most of the PDF operators.
- pdf_rbld.ps
- Contains procedures for bebuilding damaged PDF files.
- pdf_sec.ps
- PDF security (encryption) code.
- pdfopt.ps
- A PDF linearizer ("optimizer").
- pdf_cslayer.ps
- Layer data extraction utilities of Illustrator files.
- pdfwrite.ps
- Support for writing PDF files. Currently used only by the linearizer,
but potentially useful for other kinds of PDF-processing utilities.
- gs_icc.ps
- Support for
ICC color profiles. These are not a standard PostScript feature, but
are used in the PDF interpreter, as ICC profiles may be embedded in
PDF files.
- opdfread.ps
- Postscript procset for reading an ordered PDF file. This
is used by the
ps2ps, ps2ps2 scripts.
- EndOfTask.ps
- An auxiliary file used by the
ps2write script.
- PDFX_def.ps
- This is a sample prefix file for creating a PDF/X-3 document
with the
pdfwrite device.
- PDFA_def.ps
- This is a sample prefix file for creating a PDF/A document
with the
pdfwrite device.
Display PostScript-specific system files
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- gs_dpnxt.ps
- NeXT Display PostScript extensions.
- gs_dps.ps,
gs_dps1.ps,
gs_dps2.ps
gs_init.ps reads these in if the dps
feature is included in the configuration. They provide support for various
Display PostScript and Level 2 features.
Art and examples
These files are found in the examples subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- alphabet.ps
- Prints a sample alphabet at several different sizes.
- annots.pdf
- A sample file with a wide variety of PDF "annotations".
- cheq.ps
- A chessboard "font" used by chess.ps (obtained from Adobe).
- chess.ps
- A black-and-white chessboard.
- colorcir.ps
- A set of nested ellipses made up of colored bars.
- doretree.ps
- A 3-D image produced by a modeling program. This file is in the public
domain.
- escher.ps
- A colored version of a hexagonally symmetric Escher drawing of
interlocking butterflies. Can be printed on monochrome devices, with
somewhat less dramatic results.
- golfer.eps
- A gray-scale picture of a stylishly dressed woman swinging a golf club.
- grayalph.ps
- Grayscaled text test pattern.
- ridt91.eps
- The RIDT '91 logo. Note that since this is an EPS file, you will have
to add "
-c showpage" at the end of the command line to
print it or convert it to a raster file.
- snowflak.ps
- A rectangular grid of intricate colored snowflakes. (May render very
slowly.)
- tiger.eps
- A dramatic colored picture of a tiger's head.
- vasarely.ps
- Colored rectangles and ellipses inspired by Victor Vasarely's experiments
with tilting circles and squares.
- waterfal.ps
- Prints text in a variety of different sizes, to help evaluate the
quality of text rendering.
Utilities
For more information on these utility programs, see the comments at the
beginnings of the files. The ones marked (*) have batch files or shell
scripts of the same name (like bdftops and
bdftops.bat) to invoke them conveniently.
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- addxchar.ps
- A utility to add Central European and other Adobe extended Latin
characters to a Type 1 font.
- align.ps
- A test page for determining the proper margin and offset parameters for
your printer.
- bdftops.ps *
- A utility for converting BDF fonts to outline form: see the documentation on fonts.
- bench.ps
- A file useful for running benchmarks.
- caption.ps
- A file for putting a caption in a box at the bottom of each page,
useful for trade show demos.
- cid2code.ps
- A utility for creating maps from CIDs to Unicode, useful when
substituting a TrueType font for an Adobe font.
- docie.ps
- An emulation of the CIE color mapping algorithms.
- errpage.ps
- A file that you can put in front of your own files to make Ghostscript
(or a PostScript printer) produce an informative error page if something
goes wrong during the processing of your file(s).
- font2pcl.ps
- A utility to write a font as a PCL bitmap font.
- gslp.ps *
- A utility for doing "line printing" of plain text files.
- gsnup.ps
- A file that you can concatenate in front of (very well-behaved)
PostScript files to do N-up printing. It is deliberately simple and naive:
for more generality, use
psnup (which, however, requires DSC
comments).
- jispaper.ps
- A file that makes the
b0 through b6
procedures refer to JIS B paper sizes rather than ISO B.
- impath.ps
- A utility for reconstructing outlines from bitmap images, used by
bdftops.
- landscap.ps
- A file that you can put in front of your own files to get them rendered
in landscape mode.
- level1.ps
- A file that turns off any Level 2 features.
- mkcidfm.ps
- A utility for creating a CID font mapping table
cidfmap
from fonts found in a specified directory.
- packfile.ps
- A utility for compressing fonts into a single file.
- pdf2dsc.ps
- A utility to read a PDF file and produce a DSC "index" file.
- pf2afm.ps *
- A utility for producing AFM files from PFA, PFB, and optionally PFM
files.
- pfbtopfa.ps *
- A utility to convert PFB (binary) font files to PFA (text) format.
- prfont.ps
- A utility to print a font catalog.
- printafm.ps
- A utility to print an AFM file on standard output.
- ps2ai.ps
- A utility for converting an arbitrary PostScript file into a form
compatible with Adobe Illustrator. NOTE:
ps2ai doesn't
work properly with Adobe's Helvetica-Oblique font, and other fonts whose
original FontMatrix involves skewing or rotation.
- ps2ascii.ps *
- A utility for extracting the ASCII text from PostScript source files.
It redefines many operators. For more information, see the comments in the
file.
- ps2epsi.ps *
- A utility for converting an arbitrary PostScript file into EPSI form.
- quit.ps
- A file containing just the word "
quit". (The
-c switch now makes this unnecessary; this file exists for
backward compatibility.)
- rollconv.ps
- A utility for converting files produced by Macromedia's
Rollup program to a Type 0 form directly usable by
Ghostscript.
- showpage.ps
- A file containing just the word "
showpage". (The
-c switch now makes this unnecessary; this file exists for
backward compatibility.)
- stocht.ps
- A file that installs the StochasticDefault halftone as the default,
which may improve output quality on inkjet printers. See the file for more
information.
- viewcmyk.ps
- A utility for displaying CMYK files.
- viewgif.ps
- A utility for displaying GIF files.
- viewjpeg.ps
- A utility for displaying JPEG files.
- viewmiff.ps
- A utility for displaying MIFF files.
- viewpbm.ps
- A utility for displaying PBM/PGM/PPM files.
- viewpcx.ps
- A utility for displaying PCX files.
- waterfal.ps
- A utility to print a "waterfall" of fonts at different sizes.
Development tools
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- acctest.ps
- A utility that checks whether the interpreter enforces access
restrictions.
- decrypt.ps
- A utility for decrypting the
eexec section of a font.
- dumphint.ps
- A utility for printing (to stdout) linearized PDF hint tables in
an easy to read form. Scripts
dumphint and
dumphint.bat
are provided for the user's convenience.
- image-qa.ps
- A comprehensive test of the image display operators.
- markpath.ps
- A utility for showing the points on a path.
- pcharstr.ps
- A utility for printing out the
CharStrings and
Subrs in a Type 1 font.
- ppath.ps
- A couple of utilities for printing out the current path, for debugging.
- pphs.ps
- A utility to print the Primary Hint Stream of a linearized PDF file.
- traceimg.ps
- Trace the data supplied to the
image operator.
- traceop.ps
- A utility for tracing uses of any procedure or operator for debugging.
- type1enc.ps
- The Type 1 font format encryption and decryption algorithms, written in
PostScript.
- uninfo.ps
- Some utilities for printing out PostScript data structures.
- unprot.ps
- A prologue to disable access checking.
- viewps2a.ps
- A utility for displaying the output of
ps2ascii.ps.
- wftopfa.ps
- Convert a Wadalab (Japanese) base font to
.PFA (or
.PFB) format.
- winmaps.ps
- A utility for creating mappings between the Adobe encodings and the
Microsoft Windows character sets.
- wrfont.ps
- A utility for writing out an unprotected Type 1 font, such as the
standard Ghostscript fonts.
- zeroline.ps
- A utility for testing how interpreters handle zero-width lines.
Odds and ends
These files are found in the lib subdirectory of
the Ghostscript source distribution.
- jobseparator.ps
- Convience file containing a job separator sequence for use
when passing files with -dJOBSERVER.
- lines.ps
- A test program for line joins and caps.
- markhint.ps
- Draw the hints for a Type 1 font.
- showchar.ps
- Show a character's outline and rasterized forms.
- stcinfo.ps
- Print and show parameters of the (Epson)
stcolor driver.
- type1ops.ps
- The Type 1 font format opcodes.
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Ghostscript version 8.64, 3 February 2009