FSG Converter

Extract text from FSG files

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How to extract text from your FSG file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your FSG file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert FSG to another file type

To convert your FSG file to another format, you need Greeting Card Factory or other Page Layout software.

Convert a file to FSG

To convert other file formats to the "Card Design Project" file type, you need software like Greeting Card Factory or a similar tool.

About FSG files

The .FSG file extension is most frequently associated with Greeting Card Factory, a legacy design software by Nova Development. These files are Microsoft Compound documents that store the complete layout of a greeting card project, including text layers, embedded raster graphics, vector shapes, and print settings.

Because the format is proprietary to Nova Development, .FSG files are not image files; you cannot open them in standard photo viewers like Windows Photos or Adobe Photoshop. This creates a significant "lock-in" problem for users who have old project files but no longer possess the original installation media or a compatible operating system to run the outdated software.

A secondary, less common use (approx. 14%) of the extension is for vector graphics drawings associated with legacy versions of Serif DrawPlus and FrameMaker SGML workflows. These files are typically UTF-16 encoded and contain structured vector data.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Printing/Archiving: Convert to PDF. This preserves the text and layout fidelity without requiring the original software.
For Sharing/Web: Convert to JPG or PNG. This flattens the multi-layer design into a single, viewable image.
For Vector Editing: If the source is a Serif/FrameMaker file, convert to SVG or EPS to edit paths in modern tools like Adobe Illustrator.

Convert.Guru analyzes your FSG file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted JPG, XML, GDOC and PD files.

FAQ

If you want to convert FSG file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE, ARJ or LHA, you can use Greeting Card Factory or similar software from the "Greeting Card Project" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to FSG, try Greeting Card Factory or another comparable tool in the "Greeting Card Project" category.

The FSG Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our FSG converter.