Accepted Figure File Types

AI (Adobe Illustrator): Can contain vector and raster information. Save with fonts embedded.

CDX, CDXML (ChemDraw Exchange): Popular molecule editor application.

EPS (Encapsulated PostScript): Can contain vector and raster information. Save with fonts embedded.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group): Raster file format that uses an adjustable lossy compression system. This means in order to achieve smaller file sizes some quality is lost. If Max or High quality settings are used, then JPEG is an acceptable format for print and online.

MS Office Formats: Acceptable file formats when general rules are followed. See digital art guidelines. Use standard fonts (base 14) to avoid potential delays due to missing fonts.

  • PPT/ PPTX (Microsoft Power Point): Can contain either vector or raster information.
  • DOC/ DOCX (Microsoft Word Document): Can contain vector and raster information.
  • XLS/XLSX (Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet): Can contain vector and raster information.

PDF (Portable Document File): Can contain vector and raster information. Use high-resolution/high-quality compression settings when created. Save with fonts embedded.

PNG (Portable Network Graphics): Raster file format very similar to JPEG.

PSD (Adobe PhotoShop Document): Native file format of popular image editor.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format): Raster image file format.