Metafile

Metafile is a general term used to classify file formats that can store multiple data types. These usually include graphic formats .

The term metafile was first used in 1979 by the Graphics Standards Planning Committee for a vector graphics format.

Metafiles can represent a combination of vector graphics and raster data ( raster graphics or pixel graphics ) and font data. These are used, for example, in the following file formats:

• ( PICT ) Macintosh PICT resource, replaced by PDF in Mac OS X
• (WMF) Windows Metafile = (EMF) Windows Enhanced Metafile
• (EPS) Encapsulated PostScript
• (CGM) Computer Graphics Metafile
• (PDF) Portable Document Format
• (CDR) Corel Draw File
• ( CMX ) Corel Metafile Exchange
• (SVG) Scalable Vector Graphics
• (WPG) Word Perfect Graphics
• (RTF) Rich Text Format

See also

• Container format

Web links

• MAC picture format

Remarks

1. ^ * LR Henderson, AM Mumford: The Computer Graphics Metafile . Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1990, ISBN 9780408026802