- Extension
- .jbig
- .fig
- Format
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- XFig
- Description
- JBIG is a lossless compression file format that was created for the fax machine; it can be used by other image file formats. The files created by JBIG format are smaller compared to G3 and G4 file formats.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- image/jbig
- application/x-xfig
