GNU enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript, allowing users to save generated output to a file or send it directly to a printer.
One of the most notable features I found was its support for ten different input encodings. Additionally, it supports Adobe Font Metrics files and includes user-defined fancy headers. The package even includes AFM files for the most common PostScript fonts for convenience. Furthermore, enscript can download PostScript fonts in case your project requires special fonts.
I particularly enjoyed enscript's language-sensitive highlighting feature. It also has N-up printing and can support inlined EPS images, making it an all-in-one tool that can solve all your text conversion needs. Another excellent feature is its ability to add comments and change body color and font on the fly.
Enscript supports a wide range of character sets, including ISO Latin1, ISO Latin2, ISO Latin3, ISO Cyrillic, ISO Greek, and several others. It also supports standard PC/DOS character sets, Macintosh character sets, VMS multinational charset, HP Roman-8 charset, Adobe Standard Cyrillic Font KOI8 charset, PostScript font's default encoding, and PostScript interpreter's `ISOLatin1Encoding'. This means that you don't have to worry about compatibility issues when using the software.
Overall, I would highly recommend GNU enscript to anyone looking for a reliable and feature-rich text conversion tool. Its various features and added benefits make it an essential tool for anyone who works with ASCII files that require conversion to PostScript.
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