<html><head><meta name="color-scheme" content="light dark"></head><body><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">% This document is in the public domain.
% Originally written 2007, 2008 Troy Henderson.
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}
\renewcommand*{\ttdefault}{lmtt}
\linespread{1.05}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{mflogo}
\usepackage{microtype}
\usepackage{ifpdf}
\ifpdf\microtypesetup{expansion=true}\fi
\usepackage[margin=1.25in,letterpaper]{geometry}
\usepackage[rgb,x11names]{xcolor}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{listings}
\lstloadlanguages{MetaPost, [LaTeX]TeX}
\lstdefinelanguage[ext]{MetaPost}[]{MetaPost}{
  morekeywords={verbatimtex},
  morekeywords=[2]{blackpart, cmykcolor, colormodel, colorpart,
    cyanpart, greypart, magentapart, rgbcolor, yellowpart},
  morekeywords=[3]{filenametemplate, withcmykcolor, withgreyscale,
    withoutcolor, withpostscript, withprescript, withrgbcolor},
  morekeywords=[5]{defaultcolormodel, mpprocset, outputformat,
    outputtemplate},
  morekeywords=[6]{mpversion},
  morecomment=[s][basicstyle]{\%}{&amp;},
  deletekeywords=[4]{z}
}
\lstset{
  basicstyle=\normalfont\ttfamily,
  columns=flexible, breaklines=true, breakatwhitespace=true,
  escapechar=|,
  aboveskip=8pt, belowskip=8pt,
  frame=leftline, framerule=32pt, framesep=16pt, xleftmargin=48pt
}
\colorlet{mpcolor}{Chartreuse3!50!white!95!black}
% \colorlet{testcolor}{mpcolor!90!black}
% \extractcolorspec{testcolor}{\testcol}
% \show\testcol
\lstdefinestyle{MP}{
  language=[ext]MetaPost,
  keywordstyle=\bfseries\color{mpcolor!75!black},
  commentstyle=\itshape, 
  rulecolor=\color{mpcolor}
}
\lstdefinestyle{LaTeX}{
  language=[LaTeX]TeX, keywordstyle={}, commentstyle=\itshape,
  rulecolor=\color{PeachPuff2}
}
\lstdefinestyle{text}{
  keywordstyle={}, commentstyle={},
  rulecolor=\color{Snow2!95!black}
}
\lstMakeShortInline[style=MP, keywordstyle={}, commentstyle={}]|
\newcommand*{\File}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
\usepackage{float}
\floatplacement{figure}{htp}
\floatplacement{table}{tp}
\usepackage{hyperxmp}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{
  pdfencoding=unicode,
  pdfstartview=FitH,
  pdfpagemode=UseNone,
  colorlinks=true,
  linkcolor=RoyalBlue3,
  urlcolor=Chocolate4,
  citecolor=DeepPink2
}
\usepackage{attachfile2}
\attachfilesetup{
  mimetype={text/plain}
}
\newcommand*{\paperclip}[1][]{\includegraphics[#1]{paperclip.mps}}
\newcommand*{\attach}[2][]{%
  \textattachfile[description={#2},#1]{#2}{\paperclip}%
}
\newlength{\attachmentraise}
\newenvironment{withattachment}[2][0pt]
{%
  \setlength{\attachmentraise}{#1}%
  \addtolength{\attachmentraise}{6pt}%
  \makebox[0pt][l]{%
    \raisebox{\attachmentraise}[0pt][0pt]{%
      \makebox[32pt][c]{%
        \attach[subject={MetaPost source file}]{#2}%
      }%
    }%
  }%
  \begin{minipage}[b]{\linewidth}%
  }{%
  \end{minipage}%
}

%%% Definitions copied from ltugboat.cls.
\makeatletter
\DeclareRobustCommand\SMC{%
  \ifx\@currsize\normalsize\small\else
   \ifx\@currsize\small\footnotesize\else
    \ifx\@currsize\footnotesize\scriptsize\else
     \ifx\@currsize\large\normalsize\else
      \ifx\@currsize\Large\large\else
       \ifx\@currsize\LARGE\Large\else
        \ifx\@currsize\scriptsize\tiny\else
         \ifx\@currsize\tiny\tiny\else
          \ifx\@currsize\huge\LARGE\else
           \ifx\@currsize\Huge\huge\else
            \small\SMC@unknown@warning
 \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi
}
\newcommand\SMC@unknown@warning{\TBWarning{\string\SMC: nonstandard
    text font size command -- using \string\small}}
\newcommand\textSMC[1]{{\SMC #1}}
\newcommand\acro[1]{\textSMC{#1}\@}
\def\endash{--}
\def\emdash{\endash-}
\def\thinskip{\hskip 0.16667em\relax}
\def\d@sh#1#2{\unskip#1\thinskip#2\thinskip\ignorespaces}
\def\Dash{\d@sh\nobreak\emdash}
\def\JPEG{\acro{JPEG}}
\def\PiC{P\kern-.05em\lower.5ex\hbox{I}\kern-.07emC\@}
\def\PNG{\acro{PNG}}
\def\PS{\acro{PS}}
\def\SVG{\acro{SVG}}
\makeatother

\def\EPS{\acro{EPS}}
\def\PDF{\acro{PDF}}
\def\SVG{\acro{SVG}}
\def\Xy{\leavevmode
	\hbox{\kern-.1em X\kern-.15em\lower.4ex\hbox{Y\kern-.05em}}}
\def\textdegree{$^\circ$}% real \textdegree is too small
\def\RGB{\acro{RGB}}
\def\CMYK{\acro{CMYK}}

\iffalse
% workaround for acrobat 7+8 bugs in printing
	\let\origtextattachfile=\textattachfile
			\renewcommand{\textattachfile}[3][]{%
				{\notextattachfile[#1]{#3}}%
				\origtextattachfile[#1]{#2}{#3}%
			}
\fi
	
\newcommand*{\showcol}[2][named]{%
  \begingroup%
  \setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}%
  \setlength{\fboxrule}{0.2pt}%
%  \raisebox{1pt}{%
    \fcolorbox{gray}[#1]{#2}{%
      \makebox[1.5em]{\rule{0pt}{1.25ex}}%
    }%
%  }%
  \endgroup%
}

\begin{document}

\hypersetup{
  pdftitle={A Beginner's Guide to MetaPost for Creating High-Quality Graphics},
  pdfauthor={Troy Henderson, Stephan Hennig},
  pdfsubject={MetaPost},
  pdfkeywords={graphics, MetaPost, TeX, LaTeX, PostScript},
  pdfcopyright={Public Domain}
}

\title{A Beginner's Guide to \MP{}\\for Creating High-Quality Graphics}
\author{Troy Henderson \and Stephan Hennig}
\maketitle

\input{abstract}
\input{intro}
\input{compilation}
\input{data}
\input{commands}
\input{graph}
\input{inclusion}
\input{conclusion}
\input{biblio}

\end{document}
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