Good Morning,
I am currently working on a project where I write times in a postscript file. The position of the times varies. Their format is hh mm 1/2 where the 1/2 is optional if there are between 15 and 44 seconds to any minute.
I wanted to use the character representing halfes, but it did not print as such on my PS files. Currently I am shifting the text a bit to the left and insert a 1 a line and a 2 in a different font size. This unfortunately bloats the filesize as I need to redefine the fonts so often. This looks simplified as: 

$p->text( {align => 'center'},  - 0.75, $line_height * $out_line, $tim
+e);
$p->setfont("Arial", 4); 
$p->setlinewidth(0.05);
$p->text( {align => 'center'}, 2.5 , 0.7 - $line_height * $out_line, "
+1");
$p->line( 2.7, $line_height * $out_line,
          2.7 + 0.4, $line_height * $out_line  );
$p->text( {align => 'center'}, 3.2, 0.25 - $line_height * $out_line, "
+2");

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New restrictions limit the time format even further. Variations are lots and fixed relation placing of the halves would not fit anymore. I am looking for a way to either directly add a half in the string, or to get the width of the printed string in mm, so I know where it ends, ... .

I am currently using PostScript::Simple and would prefer to use it in future yet I am open for other packages if this is not possible. My Perl is AS Perl 5.8.4 on Win XP.

Thank You for any help.

In reply to Special characters and PostScript::Simple by PerlingTheUK

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