What is the difference between .cid and .heif?
- Extension
- .cid
- .heif
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Font
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe
- Apple
- Description
- This is a format for presenting fonts in PDF files that was initially conceived to store symbols in the Japanese and Chinese languages because it had a 16-bit structure and allowed for more precise adjustment. CID expands the the potential for PostScript by supporting languages that do not have a left-to-right orientation, and by supporting even a vertical mode of orientation.
- Based on HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), the HEIF format is an image file container with one or multiple images and is the default image format for Apple Live Photos. It replaced the JPEG format as it's smaller in size and has lossless compression ensuring high-quality photos.
- MIME Type
- application/x-cid
- image/heif
- Wikipedia
- .heif on Wikipedia