Format
Aldus Freehand Drawing
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.
- File extensions
-
fh4 - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Relationships
- Has priority over
Internal signatures
Macromedia FreeHand Version 4
- Note
- 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
-
Added in V98
- Release date
- 27 October 2021
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.
Aldus FreeHand Drawing (4): Signature developed and samples provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.