PostScript ➹

PostScript is Adobe’s page description language for describing text and graphics on printed pages. It is a stack-based programming language that became the backbone of desktop publishing, printer pipelines, and the foundation for PDF. Its influence also shows up in systems like NeXTSTEP, which shipped with a Display PostScript-based window server.

• PDF - built on top of PostScript with additional indexing and compression.
• Cenon - GNUstep vector tool with PostScript/Illustrator export.
• LilyPond - music typesetting with PostScript/PDF output.
• Processing - 2D/3D environment that cites PostScript as an inspiration.
• NeXTSTEP - Display PostScript heritage in the window server.