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Article #38346Re: MacDraw II text formatting
From: Shirley Kehr
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1989 15:16
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1989 15:16
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In article <8270@netnews.upenn.edu> binder@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Tim Binder) writes: <Additionally, if anyone has comments on alternate graphics programs, <particularly SuperPaint 2.0 and possibly Canvas, could they please e-mail me. <I like the MacDraw setup generally, but the inability to flip text and the <way it handles text is major bummer. (I have SuperPaint 1.1 & am considering <upgrading it). From the Introduction to Superpaint 2.0 (an excellent manual, BTW): "Text and objects in both the Paint and Draw layers can be scaled, freely rotated, flipped, or slanted." Lots of examples follow. I also thought I remembered reading that you can still edit text after you manipulate it like this, but don't quote me. I can't wait to get Word 4.0 so I get my own personal copy of Superpaint 1.1. I'm going to upgrade right away. Superpaint 2.0 has some really fun paint tools. I almost never paint anything, but I think I'll start. I haven't tried anyone else's autotrace, but this one seems straightforward enough. However, the first thing I tried would not print. It produced a postscript error. The example they provide works fine. I found it easier to handle the Bezier curve when editing it. The only other program I tried was Canvas, and I couldn't get the hang of how to control the curves right away as I could with Superpaint 2.0. I'm not very happy with Deneba (Canvas) right now anyways. They told me to send my 2.0 disks back since I couldn't make white text on black boxes. That's the last I heard from them. So I'm out my disks for several months now, since 2.0 came out. I'm still using the original Canvas just because that's what all my artwork used. I'm thinking of redoing everything with Superpaint 2.0 or MacDraw II. Shirley Kehr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!felix!kehr From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MacDraw II text formatting Keywords: MacDraw Claris text formatting Message-ID: <84340@felix.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 89 15:16:37 GMT References: <8270@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 36