Logo Design Blog

When getting a logo designed, it is important to pay attention to the kind of files to expect and the files you actually get. Professional logo design companies usually provide the following types of final files for the logo designs they create: EPS, AI, JPG, PNG and GIF.

What are these file formats, and how do you use them? These and many other file types are used to encode digital images. The choices are simpler than you might think. When it comes to a logo design, it is even simpler.

Part of the reason for the plethora of file types is the need for compression. Image files can be quite large, and larger file types mean more disk usage and slower downloads. Compression is a term used to describe ways of cutting the size of the file. Compression schemes can by lossy or lossless.

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