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+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label drawing</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Drawing with TeX</h3>
+<p>There are many packages to do pictures in (La)TeX itself (rather than
+importing graphics created externally), ranging from simple use of
+LaTeX <code>picture</code> environment, through enhancements like
+<i>epic</i>, to 
+sophisticated (but slow) drawing with PiCTeX. Depending on your type
+of drawing, and setup, here are a few systems you may consider:
+<ul>
+<li> <i>pict2e</i>; this was advertised in 
+  <a href="FAQ-books.html">the LaTeX manual</a>, but didn't appear for nearly
+  ten years after publication of the book!  It removes all the petty
+  niggles that surround the use of the <code>picture</code>
+  environment.  It therefore suffers <em>only</em> from the rather
+  eccentric drawing language of the environment, and is a far more
+  useful tool than the original environment has ever been.  (Note that
+  <i>pict2e</i> supersedes David Carlisle's stop-gap
+  <i>pspicture</i>.)
+<li> <i>pstricks</i>; this gives you access to all the power of
+  PostScript from TeX itself, by sophisticated use of
+  <a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code> commands</a>.  Since PostScript is itself a
+  pretty powerful programming language, this means there are many
+  astounding things that can in principle be achieved.
+  <i>pstricks</i>' <code>\</code><code>special</code>s are
+  by default specific to <i>dvips</i>, but VTeX (both in its
+  commercial and in its free versions) understands them.  PDFTeX
+  users may use <i>pdftricks</i>, which (like
+  <i>epstopdf</i> - see 
+  <a href="FAQ-pdftexgraphics.html">PDFLaTeX graphics</a>) generates
+  PDF files on the fly from <i>pstricks</i> commands.  The
+  documentation is good (you may browse it via the 
+  <a href="http://www.tug.org/applications/PSTricks/"><i>pstricks</a> page</i>
+  on the TUG web site), and another extremely valuable
+  <a href="http://www.pstricks.de">web site</a> lists supporting
+  packages (for various specialised drawing operations) and many
+  enticing examples.  There is also a mailing list
+  (<a href="mailto:pstricks@tug.org"><i>pstricks@tug.org</i></a>) which you may
+  <a href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/pstricks">join</a>, or you may
+  just
+  browse the <a href="http://tug.org/pipermail/pstricks/">list archives</a>.
+<li> <i>pgf</i>: while <i>pstricks</i> is very powerful and
+  convenient, using it with PDFLaTeX is an awful fidget: if you
+  simply want the graphical capabilities, <i>pgf</i> may be a good
+  bet for you.  While PDF has (in essence) the same graphical
+  capabilities as PostScript, it isn't programmable; <i>pgf</i> provides
+  common LaTeX commands that will utilise the graphical
+  capabilities of both PostScript and PDF equally.
+<li> MetaPost; you liked Metafont, but never got to grips with font files?
+  Try <a href="FAQ-MP.html">MetaPost</a> -
+  all the power of Metafont, but it generates PostScript figures; MetaPost
+  is nowadays part of most serious (La)TeX distributions.  Knuth
+  uses it for all his work...
+<li> <i>Mfpic</i>; you liked Metafont, but can't understand the
+  language?  The package makes up Metafont or MetaPost code for you
+  within using familiar-looking TeX macros.  Not <em>quite</em> the
+  full power of MetaPost, but a friendlier interface; of course, with
+  MetaPost output, the results can be used equally well in either
+  LaTeX or PDFLaTeX.
+<li> You liked PiCTeX but don't have enough memory or time?  Look
+  at Eitan Gurari's <i>dratex</i>, which is as powerful as most
+  other TeX drawing packages, but is an entirely new
+  implementation, which is not as hard on memory, is much more
+  readable (and is fully documented).
+</ul>
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>dratex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dratex.zip">graphics/dratex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/dratex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/dratex/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>mfpic</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic.zip">graphics/mfpic</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/mfpic/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pdftricks.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pdftricks/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pspicture.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.zip">macros/latex/contrib/carlisle</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/carlisle/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pgf.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.zip">graphics/pgf</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pgf.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pict2e.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.zip">macros/latex/contrib/pict2e</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/pict2e/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>pstricks</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.zip">graphics/pstricks</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/">browse</a>)
+</dl>
+<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=drawing">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=drawing</a>
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