Macromedia FreeHand 9

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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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• libfreehandOpen sourcereads · Mozilla Public License, version 2.0
• Freehand MXreads and writes
• Adobe FreeHandreads
• Fireworks MX 2004reads

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• PRONOM fmt/546
• Wikidata Q45315877

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

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