What is CBZ/CBR?
A comic archive (.cbz, .cbr, .cbt, .cb7) is really a package of images: one page per picture, no text layer, with reading order set by filename sorting.
About the format
A comic book archive is not a real format but a folder of images packed in order: .cbz is ZIP, .cbr is RAR, .cbt is TAR and .cb7 is 7z, renamed so readers recognise it. There is no text layer and no typography — each page is a single full-page image, and reading order comes from filename sorting (which is why unpadded names like 1.jpg, 2.jpg … 10.jpg put page 10 right after page 1).
| Extensions | .cbr.cbz.cbt.cb7 |
|---|---|
| Typical use | Comics, art books and books scanned to images; fundamentally an image bundle rather than a text book. |
Converting from CBZ/CBR
Converting into CBZ/CBR
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