flag.ps

% Chicago Flag in Postscript
% by Ken Schutte
/numstar   4   def
/width     720 def % total flag w,h
/height    480 def
/pw        16  def % pw,ph control size of points
/ph        60  def
/barheight 80  def
/redRGB    [   1    0    0] def
/blueRGB   [.702 .867 .949] def % #b3ddf2

/setcolor {
    aload pop setrgbcolor
} def

/bars {
  0     120  moveto
  width 0    rlineto

  0     360  moveto
  width 0    rlineto
  
  barheight setlinewidth
  blueRGB setcolor
  stroke
} def

% draw one point for six-pointed star
/point  {
  pw neg  0      moveto
  pw      ph     rlineto
  pw      ph neg rlineto
} def

% draw one star
/star {
  6 {
    point
    60 rotate
  } repeat
} def

/stars {    
   % compute horiz distance between stars
   % (equally spaced with pad 10 on both sides)
   % sdist = (width - 20)/(numstar+1)
   /sdist width 20 sub numstar 1 add div def

   10 sdist add height 2 div translate % move to first
   numstar {
     star
     sdist 0 translate
   } repeat
   
   redRGB setcolor
   fill
} def

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bars
stars