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usama5455
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April 2, 2019
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Is Adobe pdf vectorized?

  • April 2, 2019
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I wonder if Adobe pdf is vectorized?

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Correct answer Dov Isaacs

To be a bit more concise, PDF files may contain combinations of the following graphic object types:

  • Text realized via fonts (with intelligent scaling of outlines via “hinting”).

  • Vector objects (geometrically scalable filled and/or stroked objects defined by line and curve paths.

  • Raster images (defined by bitmaps at a particular resolution with lossy scaling).

          - Dov

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Dov Isaacs
Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
Legend
April 2, 2019

To be a bit more concise, PDF files may contain combinations of the following graphic object types:

  • Text realized via fonts (with intelligent scaling of outlines via “hinting”).

  • Vector objects (geometrically scalable filled and/or stroked objects defined by line and curve paths.

  • Raster images (defined by bitmaps at a particular resolution with lossy scaling).

          - Dov

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
try67
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try67Community Expert
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April 2, 2019

It can be. The text in it is, usually, unless it's a part of an image. And it can contain either bitmap images or vector graphics.

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