Best Practice to Convert PNG to EPS with Keeping Font Shape: A Completed Guide

By | August 30, 2020

We often need to convert an image (png, jep) to eps image for papers. There are many free online tools to help us to convert. However, if there are some text in your images, the effect of eps image may be very poor.

Here is a png image we will plan to convert it to eps file.

convert png to eps example

In this image, there are some text. We will use some free online tools to conver it to eps file.

1. online-convert

The effect of eps is:

covert png to eps effect one

From image above, we will find the effect is very poor. All characters are deformed in this eps file.

2.online-converting

The eps effect is:

covert png to eps effect two

From the effect, we can find the eps is same to our original image.

3.cloudconvert

The converted effect is:

covert png to eps effect three

We also can find the characters are deformed. The effect is bad.

4. convertio

The effect is:

covert png to eps effect four

The effect is also bad.

You can not use these bad eps files in your paper. Is there any way to convert png to eps with keep font shape? The answer is yes.

How to convert png to eps with keeping font shape?

We can use python to convert. Here is an tutorial:

Python Pillow Convert PNG to EPS: A Completed Guide

We have converted this png image and the shape of text is not changed, which is same to our original png file.

The effect is:

convert png to eps with keeping text shape

We will find all shape of fonts are not deformed.

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