Aldus Freehand Drawing 3

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FreeHand, created by Altsys Corporation in 1988 and licensed to Aldus Corporation, is a discontinued vector graphic editor for Windows and Mac. Uses include professional illustration, desktop publishing and web content. FreeHand versions 1 though to 4 were released by Aldus, later versions were developed by Macromedia. In 2005 Adobe Systems acquired Macromedia but FreeHand development has been discontinued.

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Extensions	`.fh3`
MIME types	`application/x-freehand`
Signatures	`46483331` at byte 0 (Aldus Freehand Drawing Version 3)
PRONOM	`x-fmt/303`
Wikidata	`Q48802090`

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PRONOM x-fmt/303
Wikidata Q48802090

From PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-20.

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