Talk:Page description language

EMF

What about EMF? It is a default windows spooling format (it used to be prior to XPS). One file describes exactly on page (there are many emfs in one SPL file). The article lists GDI instead. Nevertheless, there I have two objections on the entry. At first, the EMF is the name for GDI commands container. Secondly, the article claims that the GDI is a raster format(!), which is obviously wrong. Someone should be corrected. --Javalenok 14:51, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

EMF is an image format, isn't it? Yes, GDI is an API, not a PDL, so I've added a clarification. Raichu2 (talk) 01:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

IBM Proprinter

What about IBM Proprinter? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.149.21.140 (talk) 13:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Blazon

Would it be out-of-place to link to what is certainly the oldest formal language describing an image in text form ? Blazon is more of a 'shield' description language than a page description language, though ! --87.194.174.252 (talk) 09:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

LaTeX

Why isn't LaTeX listed in this article? DAVRONOVA.A. ✉ ⚑ 11:48, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

Good question, it probably should be. Peter Flass (talk) 13:33, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

No, it shouldn't. LaTeX is a markup language, meaning it describes a document's contents, structure, and general layout, whereas a PDL would specify precisely where each individual glyph or symbol appears on a page, at what size, and generally with full knowledge of exactly where the physical page boundaries begin and end. PostScript is the most obvious example of the latter. — Alhadis (talk) 03:29, 25 May 2026 (UTC)

Metafont

Hi, I arrived to this page from the Metafont page, should I add it to the Notable examples section?

Kind regards! riveravaldez (talk) 18:48, 27 May 2023 (UTC)