TXT and PDF explained
Plain text is characters and nothing else — no fonts, no sizes, no layout. It is the most durable digital format there is, readable by every computer built in the last fifty years.
PDF describes a page as a fixed arrangement of text, vector graphics and images. Unlike a word processor document, it is designed so the page looks identical everywhere — which is exactly why it is awkward to edit.
- Where TXT files come from
- Notes, logs, configuration files and code.
- Where PDF is used
- Contracts, invoices, reports, forms, academic papers and scanned documents.