#Upgrades to HDW
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I've been using Harvard Draw for almost 3 months now, and I'm very pleased
with the ease of use and most of the features of the program. I'd like to
offer a few suggestions for the next upgrade.
–First, and most important, would be the ability to import (and hopefully
export) PostScript Type 1 fonts. In other words, compatibility with Adobe
Type Manager. Bitstream's fonts are quite conservative and limited compared
to the vast array of Type 1 fonts out there, and offering this upgrade
would bring Harvard Draw in line with the overwhelming choice of Windows
users. Also, I don't like having to waste disk space with PostScript and
SPD versions of the same or very similar fonts.
— Second would be the inclusion of some of Corel Draw's type manipulation
effects. Envelopes, extrusion and perspective are the ones I would look
for.
— Finally, the ability to produce color separations.
The lack of these features now indicates that HDW is perhaps not in the
same league as Corel (despite the closeness of list prices). I hope you'll
seriously consider adding these features to HDW ver 2.0. I'd like to stay
with the program; there are some excellent features, but without these
improvements I'll probably have to switch to Corel.
Thanks for listening…
Thank you for your comments, Charles. I'm one of the original developers
of Harvard Draw, and I'll be sure to pass your comments on to the
development teams. I know they agree with many of your points, and
although I can't announce anything about upgrades, I'm sure you'll be
pleased.
I'm trying to get a better feeling for the way people use Corel's
manipulation effects such as extrusion, warp, etc. Corel's extrude, for
example, isn't as fancy as it could be: the extruded sides of an object are
not shaded, so people are often forced to re-color the sides by hand if
they want a shaded effect. The dialog isn't very friendly, you need to
enter two or three numbers in a non-intuitive fashion. How do you use
Corel's extrude, and what would you do to improve it, or how would you like
to see it implemented in Corel Draw?
Do you produce color separations? If so, what kind of printer do you use
for that?
As for fonts, you'll soon be using TrueType fonts in Windows 3.1. I'm
afraid everyone's disk is going to be clogged with fonts.