Table of Contents

• 1. Font and Text
• 2. Overview
• 3. Command Categories
  • 3.1. Font Selection
  • 3.2. Text Rendering
  • 3.3. Text Measurement
• 4. See Also

1. Font and Text

Commands for typography, font handling, and text rendering in PostScript.

2. Overview

PostScript provides comprehensive font and text capabilities including font selection, scaling, transformation, and sophisticated text rendering with kerning and character-level control.

3. Command Categories

3.1. Font Selection

Command	Description
findfont	Obtain font dictionary by name
scalefont	Scale font uniformly
makefont	Transform font by matrix
setfont	Establish current font
currentfont	Get current font
definefont	Register font
undefinefont	Remove font (Level 2)

3.2. Text Rendering

Command	Description
show	Paint text string
ashow	Show with spacing adjustment
widthshow	Show with selective width adjustment
awidthshow	Combined spacing adjustment
kshow	Show with kerning
cshow	Show with per-character control (Level 2)
xyshow	Show with explicit x/y displacements (Level 2)

3.3. Text Measurement

Command	Description
stringwidth	Calculate text width
charpath	Get character outlines

4. See Also

• Font & Text Guide

• Graphics State