[comp.graphics] Which face format is _the_ face format?

twb@tivoli.UUCP (Tom Bereiter) (01/31/91)

I am involved with a project, a small part of which will involve tiny bitmaps
of people's faces used as icons.  I would like to use a standard, but as the
witticism goes: there are so many from which to choose.  Face related things
I've found so far are:

	1) Usenix FaceSaver(tm) archive on uunet
	2) faces.1.4 from richb@sunaus.sun.oz.au
	3) Bennet Yee's "face" format  (translators in pbmplus)

Judging by volume and ambition 1) seems the defacto standard.  But if so,
why does 2) not use FaceSaver directly?

All opinions are welcome.  Any leads to code which actually uses FaceSaver
bitmaps are especially welcome.

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