PostScript Books

PostScript Language Reference Manual: Second Edition

This book is put out by Adobe Systems Incorporated and is published by Addison Wesley. It is the reference manual and pretty much defines the language. The operator reference guide I have here pretty well follows Adobe's reference in this manual. Their reference is, however, far more detailed (and accurate). This book is known as the "Red and White Book." Adobe also provides other books (including the "Blue" tutorial and cookbook). The PLRM's ISBN is: 0-201-181127-4

Learning PostScript: a Visual Approach

This book is a fine beginning text for PostScript. The book emphasizes PostScript's fantastic graphics abilities while illustrating basic language constructs. The language concepts are illustrated with graphic design examples, most of which you will be tempted to use in your own documents. The book also includes a number of interesting and useful utilities. Author: Ross Smith. Publisher: Peachpit Press. ISBN 0-938-151-12-6.