"How QuarkXPress became a mere afterthought in publishing"

[gnubler]

Another comment on that article:

Illustrator vs FreeHand? Completely arcane. There's things about Illustrator that frustrate me to this day. FreeHand 3 was my sh!t. I'd ride or die for that application. I actually like the entire LetraSet Studio Suite of Type(Font?)Studio, ImageStudio, DesignStudio, etc. But nobody cares...

- Because, if you pay close attention to this thread, we've all changed jobs. I'm 40 and getting my degree in electrical engineering so I never have to think about whether I'm using the corrupt version of Gill Sans ever, ever, again in my life...

DCS? :cry:

[Joe]

I don't think that is emphatic enough about Freehand to be DCS.

[Farabomb]

Not enough curses either.

[StudioMonkey]

Quark got me started in this business with version 1.0 but since InDesign came out it's been my first choice.  That says it all.

[gnubler]

When a business asks if you know quark (or if you like using it), it's a red flag. DO NOT accept employment there.

[StudioMonkey]

I have been asked that in an interview.  My reply was "Yes, I know Quark.  That's why I prefer InDesign."  I didn't get the job.

[Tracy]

I have been asked that in an interview.  My reply was "Yes, I know Quark.  That's why I prefer InDesign."  I didn't get the job.

:grin:

[born2print]

I have been asked that in an interview.  My reply was "Yes, I know Quark.  That's why I prefer InDesign."  I didn't get the job.

:laugh:
"jus' sayin'"

[Fontaholic]

Believe it or not, I started out desktop publishing in PageMaker, because that's the program that my college newspaper used for their layout/design.

It wasn't until I got my first prepress job at a mom 'n' pop printing company back in 1995 that I first began using Quark Xpress 3.  Even then, I tended to stick to PageMaker since that's what I was more familiar with.

Then I moved to my present job in 2000, and they used Quark Xpress 4 (then 5) for 90% of their stuff.  However, as time passed and we migrated to OSX and InDesign kept improving, I gradually shifted to InDesign because of its many superiorities to Quark. Now I'd say we're 95% InDesign and 5% Quark, which is fine by me.

Cheers, John the Fontaholic

[pspdfppdfxhd]

Best part of the article?

"Anyhoo, all of that is to tell you that, actually, InDesign does contain an "answer" to the Quark robot. In the Print dialog box, create and save a print preset named Friendly Alien. The settings don't matter. Then, click in the thumbnail preview area at the lower left of the dialog box and watch what happens."

 

Best part of my day!! 

Got a painful ear infection today, and well, this just cheered me up a bit. 

[Tracy]

what dialog box? not getting it

[pspdfppdfxhd]

command P (or file-print) to anythiing. I'm doing it in CS6.

[Tracy]

nothing happened over here :laugh:

[pspdfppdfxhd]

Well, I've been dealing with my 84 year old mother's spamware infected pc with various problems with her downloading books from the library to her new KOBO reader...


sooo, I don't have time to deal with this now.  :laugh:

[born2print]

Worked here, capital A, no period
Friendly Alien