bob@imsvax.UUCP (Bob Burch) (02/25/88)
Here's a cheapie typesetting/graphics/publishing package that's
so good it's unbelieveable:
Typesetter-PC, $79.95
available from:
Xlent Software
P.O. Box 847
Springfield, Va. 22150
703 569-8881
This package seems to actually be what Fontasy OUGHT to be. It comes
with a number of bit fonts in different sizes and one stroked font which
may be adjusted for size, angle etc. The chief feature of Typesetter-PC
is the quality of it's output from ordinary cheap Epson compatible
printers with the quad density print capability (fx compatible).
There's damned near nothing to chose from between what this package
produces from cheap printers and laser output. Fontasy has had a
quad-density option, but it was not as well thought out and never looked
as good.
I would rate Typesetter-PC's graphics interface as among the two
best I've seen in the DOS world for generating ordinary graphics (with
mouse), and the package has a capture mechanism for incorporating images
generated from other sources. The shift from text to graphics mode is
cleaner than either Fontasy or DrHalo, and text can be erased with
back-spacing more readily than in other pixel-oriented packages I've
seen.
Numerous font and icon disks are available ($15), including
European alphabets with diacritical marks as well as a fairly good set
of Cyrillic fonts in different sizes. The present version works in CGA
(640x200) resolution on cga or ega systems, and EGA and Metheus versions
are due shortly.
Ted Holden
HTE