EPD

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EPD (GPL License)

a new encapsulated vectorial graphic format

EPD is a new encapsulated vectorial graphic format.
The idea is very simple and powerful:
EPD uses the standard PDF (Adobe trademark) graphic syntax.
Every line is only one command.
The first line of a EPD file specifies the version number of the EPD.
e.g. %EDP-2.0
Every line starting with % is a comment.
The command %BBox(x1,y1,x2,y2) will specify the Bounding Box (remember to use it before every PDF graphic command!)
With EPD 2.0 is possible to use these 14 PDF default fonts:

/F1 normal Courier
/F2 italic Courier
/F3 bold Courier
/F4 bolditalic Courier
/F5 normal Helvetica
/F6 italic Helvetica
/F7 bold Helvetica
/F8 bolditalic Helvetica
/F9 normal Times
/F10 italic Times
/F11 bold Times
/F12 bolditalic Times
/F13 Symbol
/F14 ZapfDingbats

This is a simple example

  %EPD-2.0
  % This is an example of a part of a postoffice form
  %BBox(0,0,612,792)
  %grey box
  .9 g
  .9 G
  20 31 572 138 re
  35 350 557 17 re
  394 726 198 44 re
  B
  1 g
  0 G
  ...
  BT
  0 0 0 rg
  /F7 10 Tf
  0 1 -1 0 32 637 Tm
  (Mailer Information) Tj
  0 1 -1 0 32 535 Tm
  (Mailing  Information) Tj
  0 1 -1 0 32 358 Tm
  (Postage Computation \(DMM P013\)) Tj
  0 1 -1 0 32 240 Tm
  (Certification) Tj
  0 1 -1 0 32 60 Tm
  (USPS Use Only) Tj
  ET
  ...

It's very simple with EPD create an archive of graphical objects.
We're developing a simple application to use an EPD: epd2svg
We hope many applications will support EPD, to create EPD objects and to include EPD objects in other formats.
We're writing EPD specs: here you can find EPD 1.0 specs and the new EPD 2.0 specs with font support.

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