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Acrobat 7’s maximum PDF size limit (381 km²) overlaid on Germany (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Physical size is just a parameter, unless you insert formatting and stuff which needs to save data per page/region. Otherwise you can have just vector graphics of fixed data size which gets scaled on rendering to fit the physical limit.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So you could have a very small file that has a huge area, got it!

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

easy to do in svg, just start with something like , then and you're mostly done; a gradient or pattern requires more than that, but vector graphics don't really care how large you say they are