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Convert Xfig to Open Package Format

Convert Xfig to Open Package Format online for free with no sign up, with quality-focused workflow guidance.

Xfig at a glance

Xfig

Xfig began in 1985 and accumulated decades of maintenance and export tooling, which made the .fig format a durable bridge between interactive diagram editing on Unix systems and downstream conversion to PostScript, PDF, and other outputs.

Open Package Format at a glance

Open Package Format

OPF began in the Open eBook era, evolved through IDPF EPUB specifications such as OPF 2.0.1, and is now carried forward by the W3C EPUB package-document model.

Format comparison

Feature
Xfig
Open Package Format
File type

Vector

Other

Extensions
  • .fig

  • .opf

MIME type
  • application/x-xfig

  • application/oebps-package+xml

Compression / quality

scalable

depends

File size characteristics

small

depends

Compatibility

moderate

moderate

Editability

high

moderate

Created year

1985

1999

Inventor

Supoj Sutanthavibul

International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF)

Status

legacy

active

Transparency

Not supported

Not supported

Animation

Not supported

Not supported

Primary use cases
  • illustration

  • diagramming

  • brand asset delivery

  • pdf-vector

  • svg

  • metapost

  • eps

  • system exchange

  • automation

  • specialized interoperability

  • ncx

  • xml

  • html

  • epub

Common software
  • xfig

  • fig2dev

  • pstoedit

  • gnuplot export workflows

  • EPUB authoring tools

  • EPUBCheck

  • Calibre

  • digital publishing pipelines

Archival suitability

good

moderate

Metadata handling

moderate

moderate

Delivery profile

strong

moderate

Workflow fit

design

exchange

Vector scaling

Supported

Not supported

Structured data

Supported

Supported

When to use each format

When to use Xfig

  • illustration
  • diagramming
  • brand asset delivery
  • Preserves object-level editability for technical diagrams.

When to use Open Package Format

  • system exchange
  • automation
  • specialized interoperability
  • Centralizes metadata, manifest, and spine information for an EPUB publication.

FAQs

Why convert Xfig to Open Package Format?

Choose Open Package Format as target when ePUB ebook package authoring, ebook metadata management, and ebook production pipelines that generate or process EPUB package documents.

What changes when converting Xfig to Open Package Format?

EPUB ebook package authoring, ebook metadata management, and ebook production pipelines that generate or process EPUB package documents.

What should I review after converting Xfig to Open Package Format?

After conversion, review these destination checks: Open converted output in EPUB authoring tools and verify behavior on real samples; Compare output against the expected depends quality profile; Useful only inside an ebook packaging workflow rather than as a general-purpose XML container.

How can I keep quality stable in Xfig to Open Package Format conversion?

Run representative samples, keep settings deterministic, and monitor these risks: Compatibility details vary across EPUB 2, EPUB 3, and legacy-reading-system expectations; Useful only inside an ebook packaging workflow rather than as a general-purpose XML container; Validate destination compatibility before large-batch conversion.

Format resources

XfigOpen Package Format