[sdiy] OK, one of you computer geeks, explain this..

[Samppa Tolvanen]

On Thu, 3 Feb 2005 11:48:57 -0500, Matt Simpson <mr.threv at gmail.com> wrote:
> It has a whoooole lot to do w/file compression & graphic rendering.
> I *believe* PDF format utilizes some form of vector rendering, which
> is similar to what Flash uses (and maintains small file sizes).

Hi,

I think that PDFs are hybrid documents (please correct, if I'm wrong)
- that can contain (with lay-out information):  "text" (with font
info), vector and bitmap graphics. (With compression or not?)

BYe, Samppa