What designers wish you knew about “vectors”, the file type that can be printed as big as an ocean.

Graeme Friesen
Nov 1 · 5 min read

If you’ve ever worked with a print house, design firm, or creative agency, you’ve probably heard it before: “we need that in a vector format”.

The person making the request, often a designer, might mention various types of “vector” files: EPS, PDF, AI. Then they may ramble on about how great vector files are, or share a poem they wrote about this incomparable file format…

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