DVI

E1008096

TeX output format file format page description language

DVI (DeVice Independent) is a page description file format used by TeX systems to represent typeset documents in a device-agnostic way before conversion to formats like PostScript or PDF.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
DVI canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	TeX output format ⓘ file format ⓘ page description language ⓘ
abbreviationOf	DeVice Independent NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Donald E. Knuth NERFINISHED ⓘ TeX typesetting system NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdBy	Knuth TeX NERFINISHED ⓘ LuaTeX (in DVI mode) NERFINISHED ⓘ TeX engine NERFINISHED ⓘ XeTeX (in DVI/XDV mode) NERFINISHED ⓘ pdfTeX (in DVI mode) NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedFor	device-independent typesetting output ⓘ
designGoal	compact binary representation ⓘ independence from output device resolution ⓘ
doesNotStore	device-specific rasterization details ⓘ font glyph shapes ⓘ
encoding	binary ⓘ
fileExtension	.dvi ⓘ
fullName	DeVice Independent file format NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedBy	Donald E. Knuth NERFINISHED ⓘ
mimeType	application/x-dvi ⓘ
primaryUse	input to printer drivers and converters ⓘ intermediate representation of typeset documents ⓘ
processedBy	YAP (Yet Another Previewer) NERFINISHED ⓘ dvipdfm NERFINISHED ⓘ dvipdfmx NERFINISHED ⓘ dvips ⓘ other DVI previewers and drivers ⓘ xdvi NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedFormat	PDF ⓘ PostScript NERFINISHED ⓘ XDV ⓘ
requires	DVI driver for rendering or printing ⓘ external font metric files ⓘ
specificationStatus	de facto standard in TeX community ⓘ
stores	font selection commands ⓘ page structure information ⓘ positions of characters ⓘ positions of rules (lines and boxes) ⓘ
supports	multiple pages per file ⓘ random access to pages via page offsets ⓘ
typicallyConvertedTo	PDF GENERATED ⓘ PostScript GENERATED ⓘ bitmap formats GENERATED ⓘ printer-specific formats GENERATED ⓘ
usedBy	AMSTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ LaTeX NERFINISHED ⓘ TeX NERFINISHED ⓘ other TeX macro packages ⓘ plain TeX NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

pdfTeX → primaryOutputFormat → DVI ⓘ