I thought that with all of the talk about Postscript, I might demonstrate what the language can do. Here is a Postscript program which will run automatically on any machine. I call it "Rising Sun". Just attach your headers. Domo Arigato, Hara De Kangaeru %--------------Prologue------------- /inch { 72 mul } def /rays { 0 5 180 { gsave rotate 0 0 moveto 5 inch 0 rlineto stroke grestore } for } def /sunRays %called as: x y sunRays { newpath translate .5 setlinewidth rays 0 0 25 0 180 arc gsave 1 setgray fill grestore 2 setlinewidth stroke } def %-----------Script----------- %first set font and show letters /Helvetica-BoldOblique findfont 3 inch scalefont setfont 1 inch 5 inch translate 0 0 moveto (SUN) false charpath gsave stroke grestore %now set clipping path from restored text path clip gsave (SUN) stringwidth pop 2 div -10 sunRays grestore showpage