What is the best format for publishing your Family Tree chart?

Published on: 2 May 2016

Charting Companion offers many options for telling the story of your family.

	Image (BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG, TIFF)	PDF Portable Document Format	RTF Rich Text Format	HTML Hyper Text Markup Language	SVG Scalable Vector Graphics	DXF Data eXchange Format	STL STereo Lithography
Big wall charts		Y		Y	Y	Y
Take to a print shop	Y	Y		Maybe
Insert in a book	Y		Y
Email	Y	Y	Y	Y
Publish on the Web	Y	Y		Y
Edit with vector graphics program					Y	Y
3D Printing							Y
Technology	Raster	Raster + vector	Vector	Vector	Vector	Vector	Vector
Maximum size	ca. 3,800 in2 Ex: 28″ x 136″	36″ x 200″ 80″ x 150″ 66″ x 180″	22″	2,000″ and moreDepends on browser	No limit	No limit	8″ to 10″ Depends on 3D printer