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  1. Need Help Cartoon font ID

    Foo looks derived from Showcard Gothic.
  2. What the #$&% is up with new notebook computers in 2019?

    I only mentioned the 128GB figure because some of the newest notebook motherboards support that kind of insane maximum. I didn't say I was demanding a notebook equipped with 128GB of RAM. Despite that kind of capacity most notebooks are sold with paltry amounts of RAM. The 8GB capacity seems to...
  3. What the #$&% is up with new notebook computers in 2019?

    A Core i9 CPU is a lot more expensive than an i7, but it does not perform as advertised in most notebook form factors due to thermal issues. That makes the i9 a waste of money in a notebook computer. If I want a certain amount of RAM in a notebook (it's now possible to put up to 128GB of RAM...
  4. What the #$&% is up with new notebook computers in 2019?

    I'm in the market to buy a new, higher/high-end notebook for use at home as a replacement for a personal notebook I bought in 2011 that still works, but is now finally starting to struggle with the latest graphics applications. The problem is every notebook product line I've examined has one or...
  5. Need Help Electronic Message Board

    Most of those "OEM" LED boards sold by various start ups are garbage. Watchfire sells a good product. We mainly sell Daktronics displays, but will sell clients units from other LED display manufacturers (such as Optec or EBSCO) if they're insisting on lower prices. But you get what pay for...
  6. Finding Skilled Shop Operators and Designers... Business Growth.

    It's a pretty big financial gamble for someone to attend one of most prestigious art schools, regardless of which creative field the graduate would choose. I'm thankful I went to art school nearly 30 years ago when the tuition and living costs in New York weren't so freakishly expensive. I...
  7. Finding Skilled Shop Operators and Designers... Business Growth.

    The earliest computer graphics images were literally programmed. But writing code just to draw an object is pretty time consuming, hence the reason why we have a variety of different computer graphics programs equipped with visual user interfaces, tools and all sorts of goodies to design...
  8. Finding Skilled Shop Operators and Designers... Business Growth.

    The best art schools tend to have instructors who are actively working professionally in the specific field they teach (graphic design, illustration, type design, cartooning, etc, etc). The best schools also spend nearly all of the time teaching in cerebral side of things. The instructors are...
  9. Font ID Request for Script Face

    Thanks! I scrolled through both the calligraphy section at DaFont and the Handwriting section at Google Fonts and overlooked it!
  10. Font ID Request for Script Face

    I've seen this script before but can't place where. The "T" is very unique. Thanks in advance for help identifying the typeface.
  11. Finding Skilled Shop Operators and Designers... Business Growth.

    I think formal graphic design education is important for anyone who intends to do graphics work for a living. A person can improve his/her talents only so much going the self-taught route. With that being said, virtually no schools teach graphic design as it relates to outdoor advertising and...
  12. Design Flaw?

    Hey, Smarta$$, how about YOU go back and re-read my post? The first sentence to be exact. I ASKED which RIP was being used. I only offered up what was happening with VersaWorks as an example of what can throw contour cutting operations off kilter. I did not suggest that the flaw worked the same...
  13. Design Flaw?

    Which RIP is being used for the printing & contour cutting? We previously used VersaWorks (with our now-retired Roland printer). If I fed VersaWorks an EPS file that had Photoshop-oriented raster objects in it (stuff with layers, alpha channels, etc) it would refuse to see the contour cutting...
  14. Cannot open newer version file

    The only alternative to upgrading is getting someone who has a copy of CorelDRAW 2019 to open the file and save it down to an earlier version. Other programs that have CorelDRAW .CDR import capability typically lag behind at least a couple or more versions (if not several).
  15. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    If anything, I think the post I wrote above shows fairly clearly that it's silly for anyone to be an all-or-nothing fanboy of a given graphics program or operating system. Various applications and operating systems have dominated specific categories of the graphics industry only because they...
  16. Corel Designer, Why is it not more popular, What am I missing

    I had all but forgotten about Micrographx Designer. That was among a slew of other applications (such as Deneba Canvas) that competed directly with CorelDRAW in the 1990's. Yeah, Corel eventually bought out Micrographx and, over the long term, killed Designer. At least Corel didn't eliminate it...
  17. CorelDRAW - Version Upgrades Going Bye Bye, Subscription-Only Soon

    Go back and read what you wrote. Your comments about the iPad Pro and using it for drawing purposes were clearly dismissive. "When you're used to a 27" QHD it's on the small side of things." That sounds like enough of a dig against the iPad to me. You didn't say anything positive. Accusing me of...
  18. CorelDRAW - Version Upgrades Going Bye Bye, Subscription-Only Soon

    I'm looking at the situation from the perspective of the paying customer. If the product that is being sold does not meet user expectations and is sluggish, buggy garbage the customers should have ZERO obligation to buy it. Even if the company is giving existing users an ultimatum to upgrade or...
  19. CorelDRAW - Version Upgrades Going Bye Bye, Subscription-Only Soon

    Software developers are supposed to get the kinks out in the beta cycle. I think the bean counters at Vector Capital and perhaps Corel itself rushed the software to market before it was ready. It reminds me how Macromedia rushed Freehand 10 to market just to be the first drawing app made for...
  20. CorelDRAW - Version Upgrades Going Bye Bye, Subscription-Only Soon

    I have certain run into some issues bringing CorelDRAW-generated artwork into Adobe Illustrator. For porting to Illustrator I get the best results by exporting the artwork from Corel as Illustrator CS6 files (exported via CorelDRAW 2018). Illustrator won't open/place recent version CorelDRAW...
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