METAPOST and patterns
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In this paper the METAPOST macros for defining and using patterns are presented. METAPOST is an excellent graphics program which gives the user access to many PostScript features. But there is no way to access the Pattern Color Space of PostScript Level 2. The mpattern package is the author’s attempt to give users of METAPOST a comfortable way of accessing this feature of PostScript. This package allows the user to define patterns using arbitrary METAPOST code, modify the pattern transformation matrix and specify vertical and horizontal displacement of adjacent pattern cells. Examples of defining and using patterns are shown.
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