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Apparently "Apple’s Core Graphics framework uses the PDF format for its internal vector graphics presentation." https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2020/apple-and-pdf-hi
by nicoburns 5y ago
Apparently "Apple’s Core Graphics framework uses the PDF format for its internal vector graphics presentation."
https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2020/apple-and-pdf-history/ https://pspdfkit.com/blog/2020/apple-and-pdf-history/
- mlex 5y agoSpeaking as an iOS developer, we use PDF files to represent our vector icon assets in the app. I thought it was a bit odd of a choice on the platform vs SVG which seems more popular (and which the Android devs on our team use), but CoreGraphics using it internally ties the whole picture together.
- mattl 5y agoYeah, there was a switch to PDF from Display PostScript at the time of the NeXT merger.
- lordgilman 5y agoThe memory is mostly lost to time but MacOS X before 10.4 (released in 2005) took PDF screenshots of the desktop.
- JKCalhoun 5y agoI think that pissed a lot of people off, ha ha. But if you had multiple displays .... multi-page PDF. PNG still can't do that. :-)