Summary
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| Name |
Adobe Illustrator |
| Version |
16.0 |
| Other names |
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| Identifiers |
MIME:
application/postscript
Apple Uniform Type Identifier:
com.adobe.illustrator-image
PUID:
fmt/565
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| Family |
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| Classification |
Image (Vector) |
| Disclosure |
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| Description |
The documents (files) created by Adobe Illustrator are PostScript language documents. A PostScript language document description that minimally conforms to the Document Structuring Conventions has two main parts: a prolog and a script. The prolog encapsulates information needed by other programs to interpret the file. The script describes the graphic elements on the page.
Beginning with version 9, the Adobe Illustrated ai file format included both a pdf copy of the illustration and a postscript copy. Beginning with Adobe Illustrator 13.0. the PDF that Illustrator embeds in the file so that other apps can read the file is PDF 1.5. |
| Orientation |
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| Byte order |
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| Related file formats |
Has priority over Acrobat PDF 1.5 - Portable Document Format (1.5)
Is subsequent version of Adobe Illustrator (15.0)
Is subsequent version of Adobe Illustrator CC Artwork (17-23)
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| Technical Environment |
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| Released |
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| Supported until |
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| Format Risk |
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| Developed by |
 Adobe Systems Incorporated
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| Supported by |
Adobe Systems Incorporated
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| Source |
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute
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| Source date |
19 Jul 2013 |
| Source description |
08/2023 ( v113)- Signature file updated. Submitted by Brigham Young University as part of research to be found here: https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2023/04/07/adobe-illustrator-and-pdf |
| Last updated |
24 May 2023 |
| Note |
http://justsolve.archiveteam.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator_Artwork
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Illustrator_Artwork
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/file-types/image/vector/ai-file.html |
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