From:	"S.F. Eley" <gt6877c@*****.GATECH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: New Project: NERPS Underworld?
Date:	Thu, 24 Aug 1995 17:05:23 -0400

Gurth writes:

> >Yes, but can you try and choose something standard that both folks on
> >unix and PC systems [and possibly macs] are likely to be able to cope
> >with. GIF is pretty common on the web, while jpeg is wonders for
> >compression.
>
> Of course, GIF or JPG would be the first choice -- and not only because of
> their compression ;)

Well, hold on.. What sort of formats are we likely to see the NERPS guide
distributed in? Traditionally, we'd expect to see:

* Postscript
No problem. Graphics can be embedded into Postscript quite easily.. It
pushes up the size pretty massively, but that's to be expected.

* RTF or Word files
Again, no problem. Graphics can be included in either type of file in
native format.

* HTML
Easy enough to embed GIFs OR JPEGs.

* ASCII
Here you have a problem. Not too bad, though.. If you insist on
distributing the graphics too, just make them available off the same
FTP site and include cross-references to the graphic files in the text.


This question isn't too important right now anyway, is it? It's more of a
post-production question.. Right now it's much more useful to get the
book written. >8->


Blessings,

_TNX._

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