graphics with PSTric..

8.2. Higher level customizationApart from creating variant objects by merely tweaking the parameter settingsof predefined objects, PSTricks also allows us to create our own graphicsobjects by combining predefined objects in various ways, using the command\pscustom. Let’s look at an example to see this command in action. Suppose(for whatever reason), we want to draw a red club suit shown below:•• •Drawing the top part is easy, using our \bigdots, of the first section.Custom GraphicsSimple customizationHigher level customizationOnline L A TEX TutorialPart II – GraphicsPSTricks\psset{unit=1.5cm}\begin{pspicture}(-1,-1)(2,1.5)\bigdots(0,0)(0.8,0)(0.4,0.75)\end{pspicture}•• •Next we draw the stem. The shape of the stem—it can be scaled to the neededsize later—can be drawn using two parabolic arcs and a line segment as shownbelow:We’ve included the arrows to show the direction of drawing. The code forproducing this (without the arrows) is shown below:E Krishnan, CV Radhakrishnan and AJ Alexconstitute the graphics tutorial team. Commentsand suggestions may be mailed totutorialteam@tug.org.inc○2004, The Indian TEX Users GroupThis document is generated by PDFTEX withhyperref, pstricks, pdftricks and pdfscreenpackages in an intel PC running GNU/LINUXand is released under LPPLThe Indian TEX Users GroupFloor III, SJP Buildings, Cotton HillsTrivandrum 695014, INDIAhttp://www.tug.org.in 6/23