PostScript

August 2, 2025

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Read time:

2–3 minutes

postscript %!PS-Adobe-3.0 /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont gsave 0 600 translate 0 0 rotate (Hello World!) show grestore

Explanation:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0: This is the PostScript header, indicating the version of PostScript being used. It’s good practice to include this.
/Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont: This line defines a font.
/Helvetica: Specifies the font name (Helvetica).
findfont: Finds the specified font.
12: Sets the font size to 12 points.
scalefont: Applies the scaling factor.
gsave: This command saves the current graphics state. This is important so that changes to the state (like the current font or current color) don’t affect the rest of the script.
0 600 translate: This moves the origin of the coordinate system to (0, 600). This puts the top of the page at y=600, allowing us to position the text correctly.
0 0 rotate: Rotates the coordinate system 0 degrees (i.e., no rotation). Without this, the text would be oriented differently.
(Hello World!): This is the actual text string to be drawn. The parentheses are necessary to enclose the string.
show: This command tells PostScript to draw the text using the currently defined font and size.
grestore: This restores the graphics state to what it was before the gsave command was executed. This is crucial for maintaining a clean and predictable PostScript environment. It undoes all the changes made within the gsave/grestore block.

How to run this PostScript code:

You’ll need a PostScript interpreter or viewer to run this code. Here are a few options:

Ghostscript: A popular and versatile PostScript interpreter. You can run it from the command line: gs your_script.ps (replace your_script.ps with the actual name of your file).
MuPDF: Another option for running PostScript files. mupdf your_script.ps
Online PostScript Interpreters: There are websites that provide online PostScript interpreters. Just search for “PostScript interpreter online”.

This code will output “Hello World!” in a window or document depending on the interpreter/viewer used.

Prompt

young woman, beautiful face, standing, great body, gorgeous figure, long legs, pretty eyes, long hair, learns PostScript programming language, beautiful background, magnificent scenery, Jacques-Louis David style, HD, sharp focus, stunningly beautiful, hyper-detailed, deep underwater, highly detailed, intricate lighting, god rays

Negative prompt

verybadimagenegative, bad_prompt_version2-neg, easynegative, FastNegativeV2, ugly, deformed, noisy, blurry, low contrast,, extra eyes, bad eyes, ugly eyes, imperfect eyes, deformed pupils, deformed iris, cross-eyed, poorly drawn face, bad face, fused face, ugly face, worst face, unrealistic skin texture, out of frame, poorly drawn hands, cloned face, double face, blurry, bad quality

Text model: gemma3

Image model: PixelAlchemy