1. A method for compressing a vector-based image, said method comprising the steps of: identifying a complex edge that is shared by a first vector object and a second vector object both of which are adjacent to one another and both of which are a part of the vector-based image; selecting the first vector object which is going to have an unchanged complex edge when used to form a compressed vector-based image; simplifying the complex edge of the second vector object; and drawing the first vector object on top of at least a portion of the simplified edge of the second vector object to form the compressed vector-based image.