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% Example to demonstrate translate, rotate, and scale
% operator box: xcoord ycoord box -
% Creates one inch box at xcoord, ycoord
/box {
newpath
moveto
72 0 rlineto
0 72 rlineto
-72 0 rlineto
closepath
} def
% Specify font for text labels
/Helvetica findfont 40 scalefont setfont
gsave
40 40 translate % Set origin to (40, 40)
0 0 box stroke % Draw box at new origin...
77 0 moveto
(Translated) show % and label
grestore
gsave
100 150 translate % Translate origin to (100, 150)
30 rotate % Rotate counter-clockwise by 30 degrees
0 0 box stroke % Draw box...
75 0 moveto
(Translated & Rotated) show % and label
grestore
gsave
40 300 translate % Translate to (40, 300)
0.5 1 scale % Reduce x coord by 1/2, y coord left alone
0 0 box stroke % Draw box...
75 0 moveto
(Translated & Squished) show % and label
grestore
gsave
100 450 translate % Set origin to (300, 300)
30 rotate % Rotate coordinates by 45 degrees
0.5 1 scale % Scale coordinates
0 0 box stroke % Draw box
75 0 moveto
(Everything) show
grestore
showpage
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