Adobe Illustrator Files - Post ID 134176

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Does HTML Editor support the Adobe Illustrator file extension (ai) for vector graphics/text?
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Kelly Horst wrote:
Does HTML Editor support the Adobe Illustrator file extension (ai) for vector graphics/text?


If I am wright (?), html can not show vectorgraphics, only bitmaps (jpg, png, gif, ...)
I think the best solution would be to open your vectorgraphics (ai) in Adobe Illustrator or any other compatible vector oriented design program and export it to .jpg or .png.
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It cannot, but Adobe Reader can. This is pretty cool. Open your adobe reader (If you don't have it, then download it for free from their website), and follow these steps:

1. (while in your open menu) make sure you have "all files" selected in your drop down menu.
2. find the .ai extension you are looking for.
3. Once you have opened it resave the file with a .pdf extension.
4. Now you can use any image editor to convert the file to a usable .png,jpg,or.gif.

After this, you can use it on your web pages.
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I didn't know about that capability of Adobe Reader. Cool.
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you can save the .ai file as a scalable vector graphic .svg file and then use <img> <object> or <Iframe> to include it in your website, I have never done it, but Google says you can, so...
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