Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu From: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: FontBBox definition Keywords: FontBBox PostScript Message-ID: <21@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu> Date: 16 Aug 88 01:47:37 GMT Sender: news@cwjcc.CWRU.Edu Reply-To: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu (Jwahar R. Bammi) Distribution: na Organization: Case Western Reserve University Lines: 22 Can someone shed some light on the following: - The `red' book defines FontBBox as an array type (of 4 elements). - On the Apple LaserWriter and the Apple LaserWriter-II/NTX FontBBox pushes four values on the stack (not in an array). - Under NeWS V1.1 FontBBox pushes an array of 4 elements on the stack. Which of the above is the correct behavior of FontBBox?? If it matters we tested the behavior of FontBBox using the following program (in interactive mode): /Times-Roman findfont 10 scalefont % font dict on top of stack /FontBBox get == -- usenet: {decvax,sun}!mandrill!bammi jwahar r. bammi csnet: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu arpa: bammi@dsrgsun.ces.CWRU.edu compuServe: 71515,155