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From: rej@ukc.ac.uk (R.E.Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Freehand vs Illustrator
Message-ID: <47@owl.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Jan 91 10:22:05 GMT
Organization: Computing Lab, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
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I am trying to decide whether to buy Aldus Freehand or Adobe Illustrator.
Unfortunately, nowhere round here seems to be able to provide a demo copy
of either of these programs!
I'd be most grateful for any advice/opinions/experience on these two packages,
particularly Illustrator. I have used Freehand and quite liked it.

The package would be used in a technical/educational environment, i.e. largely
for drawing diagrams of varying complexity, though it would also be used to a
lesser extent for other purposes, e.g. cover sheets. At the moment colour
capabilities are not that important, although this might change in the near
future.

[By the way, simpler drawing programs such as MacDraw are not up to the job.]


Richard Jones
rej@ukc.ac.uk