Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Vector graphics within PDFs ?

[Ian Castle <ian.castle@looksystems.co.uk>]

No, EPDF is still vector based.

EPS and EPDF are very similar c.f. PS and PDF.

For bitmapped/raster you want PNG (with density information set).


On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 12:50, E.L. Willighagen wrote:
> Ian Castle wrote:
> > 
> > With ImageMagick you can do:
> > 
> > convert fig.eps fig.epdf
> > 
> > This converts from Encaps. PS to Encaps. PDF (PDF with a bounding box).
> > then
> > 
> > mv fig.epdf fig.pdf
> 
> Ok, this works, i guess, but you still convert vector based into raster
> based,
> right?
> 
> What about including the actual vector data in PDF? Or, does the FOP
> mechanism
> (source -> FOP -> PDF) support SVG, for example?
> 
> Egon
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