Re: [WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #57 - 08/25/98

John Nurick(j.nurick[at]dial.pipex.com)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 06:36:42 +0100

At 22:50 29/08/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Luming@aol.com wrote:
>
>> When you send files across platform, don't use PICT because PICT is for Mac
>> only, Windows doesn't support it. PICT can contain both bitmap and vector
>> info, but Windows can't understand it.

[snip]

>It really depends on your final output resolution...I would stick to EPS or
>TIFF files myself, otherwise you get jaggies all over the place.

>JPEG and GIF are ok for screen resolution, but if they have to be printed, I
>use TIFF and EPS.

I avoid bitmaps wherever possible on account of resolution problems when
printing and to keep file size down. Windows metafile format (.WMF) seem to
work pretty well for logos (even on Office apps on the Mac). I seem to
manage to avoid font problems by converting text to curves before exporting
the image to .WMF. Don't see why this shouldn't work on Mac->Windows as well
as the other way.

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