where is your draft? i'll see if it can help me convince the people here that linux can do it na.
Daniel O. Escasa said: > ** Sabi ni JM noong Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:30:35 +0800 > >> I've worked with PageMaker, and for me allowing a graphic to be distored >> when resized is a Good Thing as it gives the designer more freedom. PM > > Beg to differ, it results in ugly graphics. If a designer wants to distort > the > graphic, the place to do it is in a graphic editing program, not a layout > program. > >> can still maintain aspect ratios by holding down shift (IIRC) while > > But the point is, the default action is distorting the graphic. > >> resizing. Also, you could insert a graphic directly (sans frame), and PM >> will maintain the aspect ratio. >> >> BTW, most of the graphics design world uses PM (or Quark Xpress), not >> Ventura Publisher, AFAIK. > > Again, I know for a fact that the WS publications (do they have a new name > now, > Gateway Comms is it?) uses Ventura. Unless the new management has made the > mistake of one of its now-defunct competitors. I remember that we derived > much > comic relief by poking fun at the competition. I have reason to believe > that > the Phil Daily Inquirer also uses VP, because of a tell-tale bug. Unless > the > DTP software they're using also happens to have that same bug. I think the > Phil > STAR also uses VP because I seem to remember seeing the manifestation of > that > same bug. > > Anyway, a VP-vs-PM debate is off-topic on this list. It might be on-topic > only > as it relates to the matter of Scribus and other Freenix DTP packages. > > Speaking of which, I have a short review of Scribus in my Drafts folder. > Didn't > know how much interest there would be in it, or if it would be relevant to > this > list in the first place. Tell ya what, if I get five responses -- > *offlist*, > please -- I'll send it off. If I get less than five, those will get them > anyway, offlist. > > Mabuhay. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- "There is no security in life, just opportunities." Douglas McArthur -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
