%%
%% The LaTeX Companion, 2ed (second printing August 2004)
%%
%% Example 10-1-17 on page 605.
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2004 Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens,
%%    Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley
%%
%% It may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
%%

\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{87.0pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{epic} \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}
\newcommand\cb{\makebox(0,0){$\bullet$}}
\newcommand\cd{\makebox(0,0){$\diamond$}}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{picture}(80,80)
  \begin{dashjoin}[30]{10}
   \jput(0,0){\cb}\jput(30,70){\cb}\jput(70,50){\cb}\jput(80,60){\cb}
  \end{dashjoin}
  \begin{dottedjoin}{5}
   \jput(0,30){\cd}\jput(20,30){\cd}\jput(45,0){\cd}\jput(60,80){\cd}
   \jput(80,50){\cd}
  \end{dottedjoin}
\end{picture}
\end{document}