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Re: Publish-It 4

In article <C645AC.KqD@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, msjohnso@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (micah shane johnson) writes:
|> 
|> [stuff about PublishIt! or GraphicWriter III deleted]
|> Is Graphicwriter III or some other GS-specific program better?  Would
|> I be happier with such a program?  

Well, I don't know what you need to be happy, but my opinion towards the
PI4/GWIII questions is: If you use a IIGS, why not benefitting from the advantages
it has (or GS/OS has) over the IIe/c (i.e. ProDOS 8) ? 
- document size only limited by the memory you have.
- multiple documents opened.
- NDAs usable.
- TrueType fonts usable (with Pointless).
- can be used with SwitchIt or The Manager.
- use HFS partitions.

|> Would Pointless work with PI4?

No. Pointless is a CDev that works with GS/OS. PI4 is a ProDOS 8 application.

|> Does PI4 use Truetype fonts?  

No.

|> GS fonts?  

Yes. Nice feature of PI4.

|> GS graphics?

Yes, but PI4 converts SuperHires to DoubleHiRes, doesn't it ?

Don't get me wrong. I think PI4 is by far the best ProDOS 8 DTP program, but
when used on a IIGS the disadvantages of its OS (ProDOS 8) compared to a GS/OS
program with quite the same functionality can clearly be seen.

|> Micah Johnson
|> msjohnso@ucs.indiana.edu
|> 

Stefan Voss
(voss@ira.uka.de)