[fpc-pascal] Re: Pascal postscript reading library

[Tiziano De Togni]

Graeme Geldenhuys ha scritto:
> Funky Beast wrote:
>> Most if not all CAD or vectorial software out there supports
>> import/export from/to DXF format. If you support importing this format,
>> you would already support a plethora of designing software out there.
>> Your customers will have more choices for their favourite designing tool.
> 
> I agree with that. DXF is the de-facto standard file format that 99% of 
> the CAD and Engineering software support. I have a friend that runs his 
> own engineering firm. I asked him about this and he said, over the years 
> they switched designing software and all of them supported DXF files.


This is true if you deal with metal sheet and mechanical applications.

But when you deal with cutting/engraving applicazions, PostScript is 
preferred because of his (vector) font handling ability.

I suppose that this is the reason why Felipe wishes to start with 
PostScript (or EPS).

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