What is the difference between .sixel and .svg?
- Extension
- .sixel
- .svg
- Format
- Binary
- Text
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- Adobe Systems
- Description
- 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.
- An SVG file is a graphics file that uses a two-dimensional vector graphic format created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It describes images using a text format that is based on XML. SVG files are developed as a standard format for displaying vector graphics on the web.
- MIME Type
- image/vnd.dwg
- image/svg+xml
- Sample
- sample.svg
- Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia
- .svg on Wikipedia