Another way to work is to create PNG or GIF files with ploticus , and import these into your document. A background color of white gives the best results. Printers convert colors to grays but results may not be quite what you would expect. Foreground and background colors may be controlled from proc page or from the command line. When creating EPS, the default background is transparent .
PostScript fonts are more attractive than with the other output formats.
Style variations such as bold and italic, as well as a wider range of sizes are available. A wide array of symbols are also available under PostScript as well, and can be accessed using special character codes . When printing results directly, graphs may need to be layed out properly with respect to standard-sized sheets of paper. Proc areadef includes several different methods for specifying layout geometry. Paper orientation is the way the paper is held.