> I wrote the attached utility to convert vector-type (not bitmapped)
> postscript/pdf files into POVRay prisms.  It works under Linux.
> The first step is to "flatten" the postscript to a standard form
> using the pstoedit package (available separately).  Then you run my
> perl script to convert the "flattened" postscript into Prism statements.
 > [...]
> I hope you find it useful!

I deem it very useful. So far I used bitmaps for importing LaTeX into
povray. I would gladly convert to eps2pov, but there are problems:
  - I would need polygons instead of prisms.
  - I put an outline around the text using intermediate processing of
    bitmaps. Is it possible to amend your script with an option to
    follow the vector image with some distance?
Unfortunately I know neither perl nor the flattened postscript.


-- 
merge{#local i=-11;#while(i<11)#local
i=i+.1;sphere{<i*(i*i*(.05-i*i*(4e-7*i*i+3e-4))-3)10*sin(i)30>.5}#end
pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission x}}hollow}//  Mark Weyer

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