APPENDIX A
A
Operator Summary
This appendix lists, in alphabetical order, all the operators used in PDF content
streams. Table A.1 lists each operator, its corresponding PostScript language op-
erators (when it is an exact or near-exact equivalent of the PDF operator), a de-
scription of the operator, and references to the table and page where each
operator is introduced.
TABLE A.1 PDF content stream operators
OPERATOR
POSTSCRIPT
EQUIVALENT
DESCRIPTION
TABLE
PAGE
b
closepath
,
fill
,
stroke
fill
,
stroke
closepath
,
eofill
,
stroke
eofill
,
stroke
Close, fill, and stroke path using nonzero winding number
rule
Fill and stroke path using nonzero winding number rule
Close, fill, and stroke path using even-odd rule
Fill and stroke path using even-odd rule
4.10
4.10
4.10
4.10
230
230
230
230
851
352
851
405
152
226
219
B
b*
B*
BDC
BI
BMC
BT
BX
c
cm
(PDF 1.2)
Begin marked-content sequence with property list 10.7
Begin inline image object
(PDF 1.2)
Begin marked-content sequence
Begin text object
(PDF 1.1)
Begin compatibility section
curveto
concat
4.42
10.7
5.4
3.29
4.9
4.7
Append curved segment to path (three control points)
Concatenate matrix to current transformation matrix
985
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