Encode/Decode Base85
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Standard Ascii85 encoding (also known as Base85)
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About Base85
Base85 (Ascii85) encoding is more space-efficient than Base64, encoding 4 bytes into 5 characters instead of 3 bytes into 4 characters. It is used in PostScript, PDF files, and Git binary patches. The Z85 variant uses a different character set that is safe for use in URLs and programming language strings.
What is Base85?
Base85 (also known as Ascii85) is an encoding scheme that represents binary data using 85 printable ASCII characters.
It offers better efficiency than Base64 (4:5 ratio vs 3:4), making it useful in PostScript, PDF files, and other applications where compact binary representation is important.