What is the difference between .aff and .sixel?
- Extension
- .aff
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- August Mueller of Flying Meat Inc.
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Developed in 1980 by the Acorn Draw Program, aff format is meant for vector image visualization. It mainly stores publishing information such as brochures, flyers, logotypes, etc. because of it's high-quality images when printing.
- Created by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- application/aff
- image/vnd.dwg
- Wikipedia
- .aff on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia