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+.TH PNG 5 "February 7, 1998"
+.SH NAME
+png \- Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
+lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG provides
+a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
+common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images are
+supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range from
+1 to 16 bits. 
+.br
+
+PNG is designed to work well in online viewing applications, such as the
+World Wide Web, so it is fully streamable with a progressive display
+option. PNG is robust, providing both full file integrity checking and
+fast, simple detection of common transmission errors. Also, PNG can store
+gamma and chromaticity data for improved color matching on heterogeneous
+platforms. 
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.IR libpng(3), zlib(3), deflate(5), and zlib(5)
+.LP
+PNG specification:
+RFC 2083
+.IP
+.br
+ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2083.txt
+.br
+or (as a W3C Recommendation) at
+.br
+http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-png.html
+.SH AUTHORS
+This man page: Glenn Randers-Pehrson
+.LP
+Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification Version 1.0 (October 1, 1996):
+Thomas Boutell and others (png-list@dworkin.wustl.edu).
+.LP
+
+.SH COPYRIGHT NOTICE
+The PNG specification is copyright (c) 1996 Massachussets Institute of
+Technology.  See the specification for conditions of use and distribution.
+.LP
+.\" end of man page
+