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Article #452Re: Text going round in circles?
From: Phil BARRETT
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 02:05
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1991 02:05
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In article <1991Mar22.165703.6737@hoss.unl.edu> leo@hoss.unl.edu writes: >In <1991Mar22.054557.31236@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> mjf@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu >(Michael J Flory) writes: > >>Probably better to program your printer than your computer for this one! >>The Postscript Language Tutorial book by Adobe (Addison-Wesley, paper) >>includes circular text as "Program 10." Have fun! > >Good idea! But alas, some of us don't have a Postscript printer. Mine's a >LaserJet IIP (2.5 Meg memory, but no add-on cartridges). > >If it comes down to Postscript, would a software emulator be a reasonable >solution for limited Postscript use like this, or would it be advisable to >go the whole nine yards and buy a Postscript cartridge? several packages come to mind. CorelDraw from corel, Arts and Letters from CSC and Designer from Micrographx. All have reasonably sophisticated capabilities in this area. Personally, I prefer CorelDraw. All three packages run under MS Windows. However, they are not cheap -- $300-$400 street price. The above does not reflect the views of my employer. so there. phil
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!uunet!microsoft!philba From: philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil BARRETT) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop,comp.os.msdos.apps Subject: Re: Text going round in circles? Message-ID: <71581@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 91 02:05:17 GMT References: <1991Mar21.205018.28277@hoss.unl.edu> <1991Mar22.054557.31236@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar22.165703.6737@hoss.unl.edu> Reply-To: philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil BARRETT) Distribution: usa Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 26