Definition of an image

In the context of technical communication, an image can be defined as:

"... anything not read or viewed sequentially, like text."

Example of images

• Vector drawing
• Bitmap picture
• Table
• News graphics

Vector drawing

Vector drawings are images where the actual shape is made up of vectors instead of pixels.

Some vector drawings are only black and white...				The images presented here are originally vector drawings but have been converted to gif files for presentation on the web. Click on the image to inspect it as svg files in a new window, with zoom in/out function. This requies the SVG Viewer from Adobe. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a graphics file format and web development language based on XML.
...while others are greyscale images...
...or colour images.

News graphics

The news grahics style is quite efficient when it comes to integrate text and pictures. Here is one example made by Hans:

Look at this image as: – pdf (167 kB) – svg (37 kB)

Screen size limitations for PDAs

The full screen size on a Pocket PC: 240 by 320 pixels. The usable content area in pIE: 229 by 255 pixels. To avoid having the user scroll vertically, limit your content to 245 pixels in height.

The optimal size for displaying content is a maximum width of 220 pixels. This eliminates the appearance of horizontal scrollbars at the bottom of the screen. Tables are a perfect tool to contain content within these specifications.

Fonts to use fonts to the Pocket PC: Tahoma, Bookdings, Frutiger Linotype, and Courier New.