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Aldus Freehand Drawing

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Summary

Name
Aldus Freehand Drawing
Version
4
Identifiers
PUID: x-fmt/304
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
fh4
Submitted by
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

Macromedia FreeHand Version 4

Description
BOF: MAC File Type Code 'AGD1' followed by 'Aldus FreeHand 4'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
41474431{64-1024}416C647573204672656548616E642034
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V98

    Release date
    27 October 2021

    • Added signature

      Aldus FreeHand Drawing (4): Signature developed and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

    • Updated

      Aldus FreeHand Drawing (4): File format description updated and priority over x-fmt/53 (Macromedia FreeHand (4 and 5)) applied. Submitted by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.