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From: JAH4@psuvm.psu.edu (JEFFREY A. HAMMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: PageMaker, Quark XPress, & Print Shops
Message-ID: <90202.224329JAH4@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 22 Jul 90 02:43:29 GMT
References: <476@amanue.UUCP> <1990Jul17.171249.416@ezx.uucp>
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In article <1990Jul18.135344.10610@uncecs.edu>, egapmh@uncecs.edu (Paul M. Hudy)
says:
>
>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
>
>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
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>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 <egapmh@ecsvax>

    For one thing, you have the ability to track font usage.  If
    your particular document uses fonts that result in ID problems
    or you unknowingly use a bitmapped font, you can immediately
    have XPress show you where these problems exist.  Since the
    Linotronic doesn't have bitmapped smoothing, they really
    tend to look jagged. XPress even pointed out a *space* that
    was in Chicago font when I knew for a fact that I had no
    characters after a visual scan of the document. (a space may
    use different proportional spacing that the characters around
    it if in a different font).  This font usage feature is a nice
    tool and time saver when doing lengthy publications.
       To change the subject a little, I agree with Mr. Schrader,
    (and not because he is from the same school), the precision
    scaling of graphics by typing in exact dimensions is a must
    for precise work.  Ready,Set,Go and Quark XPress both offer
    this and I have always been puzzled that PageMaker hasn't,
    other than the command key combinations to automatically
    adjust to printer resolution.  I have also found file size
    a problem with PageMaker. *BUT* PageMaker has a better ability
    to print graphics passed through several image editing
    programs (which is almost a no-no when doing lino work)
    better than Quark and RSG.  Just like the Mac/IBM PC
    or Mac/NeXT etc. comparisons, each has a different but
    sometimes overlapping function, but you have to choose
    a "tool" best suited for the type of work that you do,
    and hopefully it will be of help in things you only on
    occasion attempt.

                                 Jeffrey A. Hamman   JAH4.psuvm.psu.edu
                                 Microcomputer Systems Consultant
 Standard Disclaimer             Coordinator, Student Support Initiative
                                 Penn State University
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