Try inkscape - I'm a Corel Draw old-timer and it definitely would fit the bill for what you want.
And once you have created the SVG template, (which is just XML), you could then just run a quick script to substitute your text for however many spine labels you want. Martin Visser Technology Consultant Consulting & Integration Technology Solutions Group - HP Services 410 Concord Road Rhodes NSW 2138 Australia Mobile: +61-411-254-513 Fax: +61-2-9022-1800 E-mail: martin.visserAThp.com This email (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify HP immediately by return email and then delete the email, destroy any printed copy and do not disclose or use the information in it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Collins Sent: Thursday, 9 March 2006 7:29 PM To: Sydney LUG Subject: [SLUG] Replacement for Gimp - Labelling folders I am looking for a replacement for Gimp for simple text layout All I want to do is print a strip of text down the middle of an A4 page so I can cut it to size and insert it into the spine of some folders. It is probably best to think of this as being as a single line in a large font in landscape format. Previously, I've done this in Gimp, but frankly Gimp is definitely not intutitive and is almost impossible to figure out what has been changed with each version. Yep, it is just one of those occassional tasks at home. The problem of frustration this time around is editing the text attributes (woops, white on white doesn't show). Oh, and how do you lock a layer now. Bing, perhaps I should just do it in latex, since I do labels in it occassionally. But, I'd really like a linux application that is at least as fast as CorelDraw to do this simple task. -- Terry Collins {:-)}}} email: terryc at woa.com.au www: http://www.woa.com.au Wombat Outdoor Adventures <Bicycles, Computers, Outdoors, Publishing> "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Benjamin Franklin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
