Art Text - 2.2.2

Way back when, I gladly purchased Art Text because TypeStyler disappeared for OS X.

The following thought remains after a year plus, namely, Art Text is relatively more complicated to use, much more. If I remember TypeStyler, every window had a space towards the bottom to type the text .. then selected the appropriate style from the Menu .. CMD-C or CMD-Shift-4 to get the image to the Clipboard .. in business .. quick and easy. The hard part was to choose the specific style, but that was my problem.

I just revisited your update to 2.2, even though what I own, 1.2.4, seems (?) to work for 10.6, I guess.

I say "I guess" because I do not remember how to input the text .. all the talk about a Text Panel .. truth is, I can't seem to find it.

Dunno .. a text style generator just should not be this complicated.

I'd jump in a heartbeat to TypeStyler, but come on, $100, not to mention their repeated assertions to the effect "OS X any minute now!" I just remember this evasion.

So I am in a quandry, to choose between (IMHO) a overpriced TypeStyler and a very, very complicated Art Text.

Thanks for listening.

John Love

The seller's rubric says: "Whether you're an advertising manager or a small business owner, you'll find Art Text to be a powerful tool."

Quite wrong. If you're the advertising manager, your job is to buy advertising from people who know how to do it, or instruct your own graphic designer to do the design for you in-house. Cutesy Word Art (which is what this really is) will just show up your product as being amateurish.

This is a fun app, not a professional design solution. Use it for hobbies, clubs, personal pages, whatever. Just don't let it near your business.

I love this software but I am having a big problem getting the disk image of the downloaded update (2.2) to mount. I get a warning not to open it. Tried twice now to download from two sources and the problem persists. HEEEELP!!!!

The very first version was great and it just gets better. It's hard to produce something that looks bad with a little effort. Version 2 is a whole new ball-game allowing for much creative flexiblity I had hoped would come one day. That day has arrived. Bravo. Good price too.

The new version 2.0 contains so many enhancements that it's simply impossible to resist buying it. I upgraded to it only after a few minutes of trying it. Art Text 2 has now a more intuitive interface that allows faster access to its tools and in my opinion has a quicker rendering as well. If you are a graphic designer, you owe it to yourself to give it a try. Fariborz AMIRSHAHI - Verona (Italy)