Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!questor!asmith From: asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Adam Smith) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: Opinions about LetraSet's DesignStudio Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 23:07:40 GMT References: <3064@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM> Organization: Questor - Free Internet/Usenet*Vancouver*BC::+1 604 681 0670 Lines: 40 lenh@isc-br.ISC-BR.COM (Len Humbird) writes: > In article <1991Apr16.202935.14796@Arco.COM> diana@diana.ARCO.COM (Diana Spar > >In article <1991Apr15.202404.834@convex.com>, graham@convex.com (Marv Graham > >writes: > >> I am about to buy a page layout program....reviews omit Design Studio, > >> yet - .................. - it should be good alternative to Quark > >> and/or PageMaker. Opinions? > > > >LetraSet's DesignStudio is probably the *easiest* PC/Mac DTP > >program on the market to learn. > > Agreed. Disagreed. As a computer-based designer and an output service bureau technician I have a few opinions of LetraStudio that directly contradict what I've been hearing here. Ultimately, the best thing is always to try to talk to people who do the same kind of work that you do and see what they use and -- most importantly -- ask them what limitations they run into. Sometimes people get into a setup and stay there because it is comfortable, despite the more recent arrival of progs that could solve their problems. Another thing to consider... If you will be running your work on an imagesetter befoer going to press, check with your output service bureau or Lino operator. They deal woioth people everyday who use all varieties of page layout progs and can lend some useful advice concerning what will suit your purposes. Good relations with your output service bureau can be worth it's weight in gold. ########################################################################## asmith@questor.wimsey.bc.ca The Chameleon Papers - Vancouver, BC Graphic Artist - Bad Mood Guy - NeXT user Human beings are a great disappointment to me, and it doesn't help one bit that I am one --SF ########################################################################## Fingers Down The Throat Of Love