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propose best alternative(s) for adobe illustrator preferably those supporting many file formats
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This document provides an overview of file formats supported in Illustrator. For information about specific formats and their use, see Illustrator Help.
File formats supported for opening
Adobe Idea file (idea)
Adobe Illustrator (ai, ait)
Adobe Illustrator Draw (draw)
Adobe Illustrator Line (line)
Adobe PDF (pdf)
Adobe Photoshop Sketch (sket)
AutoCAD Drawing (dwg)
AutoCAD Interchange File (dxf)
BMP (bmp, rle, dib)
Computer Graphics Metafile (cgm)
CorelDRAW 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (cdr)
Encapsulated PostScript (eps, epsf, ps)
Enhanced Metafile (emf)
GIF89a (gif)
Illustrator EPS (eps, epsf, ps)
JPEG (jpg, jpe, jpeg)
JPEG2000 (jpf, jpx, jp2, j2k, j2c, jpc)
Macintosh PICT (pic, pct)
Microsoft RTF (rtf)
Microsoft Word (doc)
Microsoft Word DOCX (docx)
PCX (pcx)
Photoshop (psd, pdd)
Pixar (pxr)
PNG (png, pns)
SVG (svg)
SVG Compressed (svgz)
Targa (tga, vda, icb, vst)
Text (txt)
TIFF (tif, tiff)
Windows Metafile (wmf)
File formats supported for placing
Adobe Illustrator (ai, ait)
Adobe PDF (pdf)
AutoCAD Drawing (dwg)
AutoCAD Interchange File (dxf)
BMP (bmp, rle, dib)
Computer Graphics Metafile (cgm)
CorelDRAW 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (cdr)
Encapsulated PostScript (eps, epsf, ps)
Enhanced Metafile (emf)
GIF89a (gif)
JPEG (jpg, jpe, jpeg)
JPEG2000 (jpf, jpx, jp2, j2k, j2c, jpc)
Macintosh PICT (pic, pct)
Microsoft RTF (rtf)
Microsoft Word (doc)
Microsoft Word DOCX (docx)
PCX (pcx)
Photoshop (psd, pdd)
Pixar (pxr)
PNG (png, pns)
SVG (svg)
SVG Compressed (svgz)
Targa (tga, vda, icb, vst)
Text (txt)
TIFF (tif, tiff)
Windows Metafile (wmf)
File formats supported for saving
Adobe Illustrator (ai)
Adobe PDF (pdf)
Illustrator EPS(eps)
Illustrator Template (ait)
SVG (svg)
SVG Compressed (svgz)
File formats supported for exporting
AutoCAD Drawing (dwg)
AutoCAD Interchange File (dxf)
BMP (bmp)
CSS (css)
Enhanced Metafile (emf)
Flash (swf)
JPEG (jpg)
Macintosh PICT (pct)
Photoshop (psd)
PNG (png)
SVG (svg)
Targa (tga)
Text Format (txt)
TIFF (tif)
Windows Metafile (wmf)
File formats supported for saving for web
GIF (gif)
JPEG (jpg)
PNG (png)
File formats supported for saving for screens
Adobe PDF (pdf)
JPEG (jpg)
PNG (png)
corel draw and in adobe acrobat
Coral Draw X6,which can be applied to any element on your canvas including text – much as in Adobe's software.
