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From: u545731798ea@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Desktop Publishing on Mac - HELP
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Date: 12 Jan 89 21:39:28 GMT
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[we no join our regularly scheduled religious discussion of DTP already
in progress...]

In article <932@thor.stolaf.edu> sobiloff@thor.UUCP (CP^ZAZPPPYPYXU	zQYhBYPYoZO) writes:
>	What do I use?  WN 2.0, PageMaker 3.0, Illustrator '88, on a IIx with a
>NTX printer for an ~30 page monthly newsletter (small-time stuff).  Hope it
>helps...
>
>Blake "Hey, where's MY fancy footer?" Sobiloff

I would also recommend WriteNow 2.0, and PageMaker 3.01.  As for the
Illustrator/Freehand debate, I've always like FreeHand.  Illustrator's
handling of type is absolutely brain damaged.  Any given block of text
must be the same type, style and size!  You want to boldface a single word,
you've got to create 2 blocks of text and meticulously align them.  No thanks.
Freehand also allows you to edit in the preview mode unlike Illustrator.

All this comes at a price of course.  Freehand 2.0 is one of the slowest
graphics program ever created.  I wouldn't even consider using on a 68000.
You might be able to find Freehand 1.0 somewhere.  It's only missing a few
of the newer versions features (Pantone color, shape transformation, auto-
trace...) and runs quite nicely on a vanilla Plus/SE.

Well, that's my 2 cents worth anyway.


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Greg DeMichillie   
Apple Student Rep - UC Davis  
lgdemichillie@ucdavis.edu   
AppleLink: ST0178       

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