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Re: Type manipulation software.

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From: Rick Mills
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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From: rick@jpusa1.chi.il.us (Rick Mills)
Subject: Re: Type manipulation software.
Organization: JPUSA
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 13:34:43 GMT
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