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dmajor@labyrinth.net.au (David Major) writes:

> 
> Workload consists of web page creation, site design nad maintenance,
> graphic design for print, typesetting books and magazines, image
> manipulation, etc.
> 
> Current OS is Win95, and current software is:
> PageMaker 6
> PhotoShop 4.0
> PhotoImpact 3.2
> Corel Draw
> Symantec Visual Page
> IE 4

I have used all of the above in the past.  

I now use gimp for "photoshoppy" stuff as well as xv.  Corel Draw is
available for Linux.  I use XEmacs for webpage design as well as a
little bit of Netscape 4.x.  There is no IE4 for Linux

 
> Is there Linux software of reasonable quality for making web pages and
> maintaingin sites, as well as doing all the PageMakery and PhotoShopy
> stuff?

see above.  XEmacs + hm--html is the way to go, but it will take a
learning curve.
 
> Is there any decent page layout software?

There is no PageMaker or Quark.  LaTeX can do some of this, but the
learning curve is VERY steep for a PageMaker user.  I would love a
PageMaker equivalent for Linux.

Quark or PageMaker may be usable under the Executor Macintosh Emulator
(commercial product) but I am not sure.

> What breeds of fonts can be used under Linux? TrueType? Postscript?
> Both?

Postscript without a doubt.  There is a project in progress to render
TrueType fonts under X-win.


Suggestion:  Try it.  experiment.  But realize that the methodology is
very different from what you are currently used to.


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