EPS/Postscript

EPS/Postscript is a vector based format.

1 - General guidelines

When creating your original image, following these guidelines will make it easier to produce useable EPS/Postscript files:

• Illustrations should conform to the RSC's 'Guidelines for Illustrations'.
• When adding symbols to your image, avoid using unusual fonts - try where possible to use only Arial, Helvetica and Symbol.
• Save each scheme, figure, chart or uncaptioned diagram as a separate file.    

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2 - Software settings

These settings should be applied when creating your EPS/Postscript file:

• Embed all fonts used in the file.
• Colour images may be in either RGB or CMYK format.
• Ensure that any bitmap images in the file are saved at a resolution of 600 dpi.
• End the electronic file name with ".eps" or ".ps", as appropriate.
• Once you have saved your postscript image, please reopen and print it out, to check that the image appears to be of acceptable quality.