What is the difference between .epi and .sixel?
- Extension
- .epi
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Adobe
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange Format (EPI) is a vector image file format used to store and interchange vector graphics and text. It is an extension of the popular Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) format and is used as a container for bitmap images and other data. EPIs are used for high-resolution printing and digital publishing.
- 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/postscript
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.epi
- Wikipedia
- .epi on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia