What is the difference between .fig and .sixel?
- Extension
- .fig
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Vector Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- XFig
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Description
- This is a file used for creating line plots in the form of vector images. They include text objects, splines, forms, arcs, lines and arrows. It can contain a set of colors, images and sketches. It was initially developed for the Xfig drawing program, but today it’s used in other drawing editors.
- 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/x-xfig
- image/vnd.dwg
- Wikipedia
- .fig on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia