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
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
Append curved segment to path (three control points)
Concatenate matrix to current transformation matrix
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