User Guide

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About vector graphics and bitmap
images
Adobe Illustrator creates a type of
graphics known as vector graphics. Vec-
tor graphics represent objects mathe-
matically as straight lines, arcs, and
other geometric shapes. Because vector
graphics are represented mathemati-
cally, software can perform such opera-
tions as scaling and rotating without
changing the quality of the artwork. The
characters of PostScript language Level
1 fonts are also vector graphics.
Vector graphics