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Article #583Re: Type manipulation software.
From: Rick Mills
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:34
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:34
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dmandl@kabbalah.shearson.com (David Mandl) writes: : In article <6497@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> duanem@tekig5.pen.tek.com (Duane W Moore) writes: : : In article <1992Aug10.112407.9967@waikato.ac.nz> bwc@waikato.ac.nz (Ug!) writes: : : >Quick question: I'm after a program which will run under Windows 3.1 with : >ATM, and which will produce type distortions (such as rendering in per- : >spective). The resulting image should be exportable to Aldus Freehand. : >Does anyone know of any possibilities? Freeware/Shareware/Commercial will : >all be considered. : : Corel Draw or Adobe Type Align will do this. : : My $.02: Even though Adobe Type Align is very inexpensive, I found it : COMPLETELY unusable. It's one of the slowest pieces of software I've : seen, and I'm using a reasonably fast machine (Zeos 386/20). You'll : get frustrated really quickly if you use it. Corel Draw is great, but : a lot more expensive. : : --Dave. : : -- : --------------------------------------------------------------- : Dave Mandl | Opinions expressed here : New York City | are not those of my employer, : (dmandl@kabbalah.shearson.com) | believe me. : --------------------------------------------------------------- If you have a fast machine - get Bitstream Makeup - definetley cheap (59.00?) and has a lot of effects. I've had Type Align and diskliked it too.
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Newsgroups: comp.fonts Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!jpusa1.chi.il.us!rick From: rick@jpusa1.chi.il.us (Rick Mills) Subject: Re: Type manipulation software. Organization: JPUSA Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:34:43 GMT Message-ID: <1992Aug13.133443.24903@jpusa1.chi.il.us> X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3 References: <DMANDL.92Aug12101247@kabbalah.shearson.com> Lines: 31