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Actually, vanilla PostScript, unencapsulated, is probably the most portable. You can open it in Illustrator on a PC, in several Mac applications, and in several UNIX applications. EPS is sometimes problematic because of all the flavors that are out there.
Second choice would be PDF, only because it costs more to generate and tends to be more easily corrupted.
Just my $.02
Dick
KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com wrote:
>So, is there a consensus on what's a good, stable,
>widely-usable vector format, that's suitable for Windoze,
>Mac and UNIX?
>
>EPS has its points, but the cost is usually enormous
>file-sizes.
>
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