eps: Encapsulated PostScript is an older type of vector graphics file.eps files don’t support transparency in the way more modern file formats like. Even Adobe recognizes EPS as a less modern file format After reading some articles about this it looks like EPS was super useful at that time but PDF and AI have since become de facto the new standards. About the same time, Adobe was also working on PDF (which basically is a descendant of PostScript) and Adobe Illustrator Artwork (AI) which, according to ikipedia, is “a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing single-page vector-based drawings in either the EPS or PDF formats”. EPS was released by Adobe in the second half of the 80’s (the speciation for the version 3.0 was released in 1992). there are better alternatives available.Įncapsulated PostScript is a proprietary vector format for graphics that sort of extends PostScript so that graphics can be integrated in PostScript documents while remaining self-contained and as such, a standalone file. EPS has some known vulnerabilities (see this article on The Register) and 2. That really puzzled me! Why on earth forcing authors to submit in EPS? At the very least the journal policy should allow authors to submit in other vector formats… I actually think this is rather problematic because 1. The problemįor the latest paper we’ve submitted, the journal required figures in EPS, but all the figures I’ve had created were in SVG.

⏩ tl dr: You can convert your SVG file myfig.sv to EPS using inkscape myfig.svg -o myfig.eps -export-ps-level=3.

Open .eps inkscape