Re: [CODE4LIB] 2012 preconference proposals wanted!

2011-09-27 Thread Carl Wiedemann
. Carl Wiedemann Website design and development consulting carl.wiedem...@gmail.com | skype: c4rlww On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Ian Walls ian.wa...@bywatersolutions.comwrote: Yup, for better or worse, I'll help shepherd this preconference along. Anyone interested in sharing their knowledge

Re: [CODE4LIB] What's the descriptive technical terminology?... pdf image of a page. pdf format used with cut paste.

2011-04-28 Thread Carl Wiedemann
Generally PDFs are capable of displaying two types of information: Vector and Raster. Vector information is composed of lossless data that describes points, smooth lines, gradients, and curves. Vector information is lossless and has no native resolution, it can be infinitely scaled. Text data is

Re: [CODE4LIB] What's the descriptive technical terminology?... pdf image of a page. pdf format used with cut paste.

2011-04-28 Thread Carl Wiedemann
I should also remark that vector information and raster information may exist in the same PDF file. For example, a PDF of a magazine or newspaper will probably vector text and column borders while photography will be raster at ~300dpi. On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Carl Wiedemann carl.wiedem