On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, Mr Fab wrote:
> I am sure this has been covered a billion times,
> but I just subscribed, so there.
>
> I have been chosen to design the program for a show
> I am in, I have done such projects in the past using
> MS Windows programs such as Adobe PageMaker. I was
> looking for a suggestion for any comparable program
> for Linux/X.
Try Axene at http://www.axene.com/. They have a DTP program (the name
escapes me at the moment) that comes relatively close to Pagemaker, imho.
They also have a spreadsheet and are coming out with a word processor (I
talked to them about a month ago and they said the WP was about a month
away -- should be here RSN).
The best part is you can try before you buy. They have a one month demo
license that disables printing and saving.
Definitely worth the time it takes to check out the page.
As a side note, drop a line to Adobe telling them that you are looking for
a DTP solution for Linux after having used their product in the past. If
they get enough mail like this, they might start *thinking* about
producing something for Linux.
> Another question I have been asking
> around for a while I figure this is as good a place
> as any. I have several CD collections of True Type
> Fonts and was wondering if there was any way to use
> them in X.
I saw an announcement about a truetype engine for Linux on
comp.os.linux.announce. I'm sorry I don't remember much beyond that but
I'm sure a search among the normal engines should turn something up.
Hope this helps.
Blair.
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