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Aldus Freehand Drawing

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Summary

Name
Aldus Freehand Drawing
Version
3
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/303
Format type
Image (Vector)
Description
FreeHand, created by Altsys Corporation in 1988 and licensed to Aldus Corporation, is a discontinued vector graphic editor for Windows and Mac. Uses include professional illustration, desktop publishing and web content. FreeHand versions 1 though to 4 were released by Aldus, later versions were developed by Macromedia. In 2005 Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia but FreeHand development has been discontinued.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
fh3
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Aldus Freehand Drawing Version 3

Provenance
Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute (Candidate Internal Signatures for File Formats in PRONOM Registry; 05/06/2010)

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
46483331
Endianness
Little-endian

Changelog

  • V98

    Release date
    27 October 2021

    • Updated

      Aldus FreeHand Drawing (3): File format description updated. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

  • V45

    Release date
    6 December 2010

    • Added signature

      Aldus Freehand Drawing 3: Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.