The fewer # of points, the better. But I look at it from my computer's ability to fluidly work with the file as well as the printer's point of view...not the document MB size.

Best!
Dave


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David Ehlert
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On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:18 AM, Clara Richardson wrote:

> Hi all-
> 
> I just took delivery of a lovely commercial layered Illustrator map. It is well organized and easy to work with. But it leads me to one question--
> 
> Is it cheaper in any RAM sense to have 50 trillion corner points instead of a few nice smooth curved ones? I always make my own curves with as few anchor points as possible...
> 
> thanks,
> -Clara
> 
> 
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> Clara Richardson
> Scientific Illustrator
> Department of Zoology
> The Field Museum
> Chicago, IL  60605
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