# tpic specials

tpic is based on the Troff figure preprocessor, pic, by Brian Kernighan and is the name of the TeX figure preprocessor written by Tim Morgan and the special command set output by it. The LaTeX macros include eepic. (For details, see the included documents.)
dviout supports the usual tpic specials commands (tpic 2.2).
pn, pa, fp, ip, da, dt, sp, ar, ia, sh, wh, bk
In addition to expanding the da command in dviout, the new rt and Bz commands are provided to expand original tpic specials(tpic specials extensions).
Note: Since dviout processes every page, when a page is skipped while displaying or Printing, the line width of the previous page is not generated and the default line width is used. If you employ a line width other than the default in a series of pages, it would be better to insert pn command on each page or before a series of tpic specials.
Note: When printed on an LBP using a built-in driver, erasing by painting with white color under shading is not supported for built-in LBP Japanese fonts or downloaded fonts.
Note: In dviout, reading specials from a file is possible. This is useful when revising complex tpic specials.