Videotex & Telidon toolkit

NAPLPS Converter

Turn PNG and SVG images into NAPLPS vector graphics — the format behind 1980s videotex systems like Prodigy and Telidon. Export real, period-tool-readable.napfiles.

Upload an image

Drag and drop a PNG, JPEG, or GIF file here, or click to browse

SVG → NAPLPS (Direct Upload)

Already have an SVG? Upload it directly to convert to a .nap file — no PNG required.

Click or drag an SVG file here.svg files only

Import NAPLPS (.nap → SVG)

Decode a real NAPLPS file (period videotex art, BBS-era .nap) into SVG. Handles standard interleaved coordinates, the indexed palette, polygons, lines and points.

Click or drag a .nap file here.nap files (real NAPLPS frames)

About NAPLPS

NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax) was a graphics language developed in the 1980s for videotex and teletext services. It was used by services like Prodigy and various cable television systems to display graphics and text.

This converter analyzes PNG images and converts them to NAPLPS primitives including:

Points and lines
Polygons and rectangles
Circles and arcs
Text elements