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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
POSTSCRIPT
OPERATOR EQUIVALENT DESCRIPTION TABLE PAGE
b closepath, fill, Close, fill, and stroke path using nonzero winding number 4.10 230
stroke rule
B fill, stroke Fill and stroke path using nonzero winding number rule 4.10 230
b* closepath, eofill, Close, fill, and stroke path using even-odd rule 4.10 230
stroke
B* eofill, stroke Fill and stroke path using even-odd rule 4.10 230
BDC (PDF 1.2) Begin marked-content sequence with property list 10.7 851
BI Begin inline image object 4.42 352
BMC (PDF 1.2) Begin marked-content sequence 10.7 851
BT Begin text object 5.4 405
BX (PDF 1.1) Begin compatibility section 3.29 152
c curveto Append curved segment to path (three control points) 4.9 226
cm concat Concatenate matrix to current transformation matrix 4.7 219
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