EPS Files
Encapsulated PostScript Files

EPS is a data directory which contains examples of "Encapsulated PostScript" files. They are a special kind of PostScript file, restricted to describing a single page. They are thus suitable for use as an included graphic inside a document. TeX files, for instance, can use a special environment called EPSFIG to include a graphic figure stored in an EPS file.

EPS File Characteristics:

• ASCII (although they can sometimes be set up to include binary data!);
• Color or Black and White;
• 2D;
• No compression;
• Based on vectors (descriptions of points, lines and regions) rather than bit maps;
• contain 1 image only (this is the main fact distinguishing an EPS file from a regular PS file!).

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Reference:

1. Adobe Systems, Inc,
   PostScript Language Reference Manual,
   Third Edition,
   Addison Wesley, 1999,
   ISBN: 0201379228,
   LC: QA76.73.P67P67.
2. Henry McGilton, Mary Campione,
   PostScript by Example,
   Addison-Wesley, 1992,
   ISBN: 0-201-63228-4,
   LC: QA76.73.P67M34.

Sample files:

• circle.eps, a circle;
• circle.png, a PNG version.
• football_logo.eps, a logo;
• football_logo.png, a PNG version.
• fsu_logo.eps, a logo;
• fsu_logo.png, a PNG version.
• heawood.eps, an image of the Heawood graph, converted by GRF_TO_EPS.
• heawood.png, a PNG version.
• icam_logo.eps, logo for the Interdisciplinary Center for Applied Mathematics;
• icam_logo.png, a PNG version.
• knightstour.eps, an image of the knight's tour graph, converted by GRF_TO_EPS.
• knightstour.png, a PNG version.
• mathematica.eps, a simple graph;
• mathematica.png, a PNG version.
• petersen.eps, an image of the Petersen graph, converted by GRF_TO_EPS.
• petersen.png, a PNG version.
• sc_logo.eps, the logo for the Department of Scientific Computing.
• sc_logo.png, a PNG version.
• scs_logo.eps, the logo for the former School of Computational Science.
• scs_logo.png, a PNG version.
• triangular_1.eps, one of the sheets of graph paper created by GRAPH_PAPER.
• triangular_1.png, a PNG version.
• tutte.eps, an image of the Tutte graph, converted by GRF_TO_EPS.
• tutte.png, a PNG version.

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