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| Name | RTF | |
| Full name | PDF - Portable Document Format | RTF - Rich Text Format |
| File extension | .rtf | |
| MIME type | application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf | text/rtf, application/rtf |
| Developed by | Adobe Systems | Microsoft |
| Type of format | Document format | Document file format |
| Description | The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. | The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated RTF) is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation for cross-platform document interchange with Microsoft products. Most word processors are able to read and write some versions of RTF. |
| Technical details | The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents. A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. | Unlike many word processing formats, RTF code can be human-readable: when an RTF file is viewed as a plain text file, the contained ASCII text is legible. The formatting code is not too distracting nor counter-intuitive, provided that the document's creator kept formatting concise. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Google Docs, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office, Foxit Reader, Ghostscript. | WordPad, LibreOffice, Microsoft Word. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format |