Introduction to PSPLOT

What PSPLOT is:
  • A library of Fortran-callable subroutines.
  • Written in Fortran-77.
  • Supports the standard 35 PostScript fonts
  • Supports color
  • Platform independent
  • Creates publication-quality graphics
  • Allows total control of your plots
  • Distributed free of charge for non-commercial use
What PSPLOT isn't:
  • A pushbutton graphics library. That is, you can't create a graph with a single call.
  • A screen viewer. Output is in the form of PostScript files only. However, you can view the output plots with GhostScript.


This description is intended for users interested in generating technical drawings or graphics for technical journals in PostScript format. The manual describes PSPLOT, a library of Fortran-callable subroutines which can be combined in a calling program to produce PostScript plot files. The purpose, syntax, and calling convention of each subroutine is presented , along with plotting examples.

PostScript is a very robust graphics and typesetting language with wide-ranging capabilities. Since the focus of the subroutines in this library is to produce technical drawings, many of the "artistic" features of PostScript have not been addressed or included here.

The name PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All instances of the name PostScript in this manual are references to the PostScript language as defined by Adobe Systems Incorporated.

PSPLOT is distributed free of charge for non-commercial use. Send questions, comments, suggestions to "Kevin Kohler" <kevin barney nova fred edu>.

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