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%%  The LaTeX Graphics Companion, 2ed (first printing May 2007)
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%%  Example 1-4-3 on page 19.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2007 Michel Goossens, Frank Mittelbach, Denis Roegel, Sebastian Rahtz, Herbert Vo\ss 
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{231.83385pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands

\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
.PS
ellipse "\textit{Ready!}"
spline right 1i then down 0.7i \
       left 3i then right 2i
ellipse "\textbf{Steady!!}"
spline right 1i then down 0.7i \
       left 3i then right 2i
ellipse "\textbf{\itshape Go!!!}"
.PE
\usebox\graph
\end{document}