Tag: postscript

Fractals and fonts written in PostScript. One of my earliest jobs out of college involved writing PostScript for software RIPs (raster image processors). There isn’t much math involved in the fractals, just enough to create a nice iterative digital design. Someday I’ll rewrite the fractals in the HTML5 canvas tag. You can download the PostScript files directly, but be warned, the translation process is intensive and produces very large files (~20MB).

Fractals and PostScript

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Below is an example of a fractal I wrote in PostScript long ago when I used to be a PostScript developer. I have been playing with my pseudo-fractals. They are repeating & branching designs generated by simple mathematical rules. I wrote them in PostScript and generated the output using Preview on Macintosh. You can also open the PostScript files in Adobe Acrobat Distiller or GhostView. Someday I will try writing these in the <canvas> tag. Someone has informed me that this is a true definition of a fractal, not necessarily “pseudo”, though I think I have a ways to go before they are as beautiful as these. If you like PostScript art, check out my fonts too.

fractal image of a red mushroom cloud

Posted in response to the daily prompt Branch