Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!rutgers!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!egapmh From: egapmh@uncecs.edu (Paul M. Hudy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: PageMaker, Quark XPress, & Print Shops Summary: Please identify Quark advantages... Message-ID: <1990Jul18.135344.10610@uncecs.edu> Date: 18 Jul 90 13:53:44 GMT References: <476@amanue.UUCP> <1990Jul17.171249.416@ezx.uucp> Distribution: comp Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 43 In article <1990Jul17.171249.416@ezx.uucp>, jim@ezx.uucp (Jim Littlefield) writes: > In article <476@amanue.UUCP> jr@amanue.UUCP (Jim Rosenberg) writes: > >I don't yet have a desktop publishing program, but will probably get one in the > >next few months. Based on the reviews I've read so far, I'm inclined toward > >Quark XPress, though it's a close call. > > > > It all depends on what type of work you plan on doing. If you are > looking for laserprinter quality output only then your choice of > PageMaker and Superpaint are probably ok. However, if you plan on producing > film from a photo-typesetter and/or considering working in color then I > would recommend using Quark Xpress and either Illustrator 88 or Freehand > as the ONLY way to go. > > As far as finding a typesetter who can handle Xpress, if they aren't > able to provide output from PageMaker AND Xpress then I personally won't > consider using them. Both products are good but IMHO Xpress provides > better type control and much better color suuport then PageMaker. > > -- > > > Jim Littlefield == ...!uunet!ezx!jim == Sunrise Software Systems, Inc. I was just curious as *why* Quark Xpress is the only way to go. What are the "better type control(s)" offered by Quark. Please give some I don't have much need for those. Please don't include specific examples. (Don't include color/color separation features- text rotation either. I agree that if you are going to have it, Pagemakers limitation to 90 degree increments is silly - but that is what I have Illustrator and TypeAlign for) I own Pagemaker 4.0 and have used the PM programs for almost 4 years for newletters and books and was curious about Quark Express. I keep seeing the statements about "better type controls", but no one specifies what they are and why they are needed. For example - if Quark can kern to 1/1000th of em and PM can only kern to 1/100th, is that a major difference and why? I am not trying to start a religious war. Just wondering if I should get QuarkExpress. If there are feature differences, are they features you *have to have* or features that 99% of the time you don't have a practical use for. -Paul Hudy