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From: gallo@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Gallo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A3000 Graphics vs. McDraw II
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Date: 19 Dec 90 01:51:14 GMT
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Reply-To: gallo@dtrc.dt.navy.mil (Chip Gallo)
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My_experience is mostly with DOS but this newsgroup and
a few programmers I know  have shown me_that there's more
than one way to draw...er, skin a cat. Ihave an opportunity
to recommend an A3000 DTP workstation to_a co-worker_who
is accustomed to working with MacDraw II on a Mac. The
question is, can he work on an Amiga, save the graphics
in a common format and edit at another location on a
Mac with MacDraw II without suffering from ills_such_as__
different looking fonts, size differences (in the image)
etc.

My assumption is that if both programs support Postscript
and if the same fonts are  used by  both programs,_the
only differences will be in the GUI on each platform. This
becomes a training issue versus a tech issue. If any one_has
experience going between platforms_with, say, a viewgraph
done on an Amiga and edited with a Mac & MacDraw, fire me
off a note. I'll summarize to the net.

Thanks!

Chip Gallo