Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification, version 1.0

This is the original specification for the Portable Network Graphics image format. This version was superseded by version 1.1 on 31 December 1998.

PNG specification, version 1.0 (RFC 2083)

HTML format, multi-page:

US (California) or local mirror site (also tar.gz archive)

HTML format, single page:

US (California) or local mirror site (also via ftp)

US (Massachusetts) (PNG "First Edition" Recommendation)

ASCII text:

US (California) or local mirror site (also via ftp)

US letter-size PostScript:

US (California) or local mirror site (also via ftp)

Adobe PDF (converted by Vadim Pavlov / Private Document Centre), 321k:

US (California) or local mirror site (also via ftp)

Here are some related PNG pages at this site:

• Introduction to PNG features
• Current Status of PNG
• History of PNG
• News (and more history) of the PNG Development Group
• Related Specifications and Documentation:
  • PNG Specification
  • PNG Technical Documentation
  • zlib Technical Documentation
  • MNG Technical Documentation
• PNG: The Definitive Guide and Related Books
• PNG-supporting Applications
• PNG Programming Information:
  • PNG-supporting Libraries and Toolkits
    • libpng home page
    • zlib home page
  • PNG Source Code

• PNG Home Page
• Complete PNG Site Map

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