2 Replies Latest reply: Sep 13, 2008 11:26 PM by NotInUse RSS

    Need more Type Styling

    Big Jimm Community Member
      ILL CS3

      MUCH of what I do involves type styling .. twisting, bending, fancy filling, curving, etc.
      CS3 does some of that .. with dificulity. It would put ILL WAY ahead of everybody if they could
      incorporate the features of TypeStyler 3 .. since Strider seems to have quit.

      I still use TS some under classic but thats not too great. Even many small companies
      have art programs that do a surprising lot. So, it must not be TOO hard to write.

      I also have PS CS3 and ID CS3. (Also have new Quark 8 but like ID better.) But, nothing
      styles type like TypeStyler.

      Adobe is SO great and has such huge resources .. please Adobe .. give us some great
      type Styling. Thanks.
        • 1. Re: Need more Type Styling
          Community Member
          I feel your lament, Jim.

          Ain't nothin' that does what TypeStyler 3.7.2 can do. There are a few apps that try to do similar things, but not one of them has the versatility of TypeStyler.

          I've tried contacting the Stillmans, but they don't even acknowledge emails. And I'm definitely in their database (unless they somehow lost it) because they invited me to beta test an OS X native version when they first announced it. I had to beg off, because I waited quite awhile until I got new hardware and switched over to OS X. By that time, they could no longer be bothered to respond, even though they kept updating their "TypeStyler for OS X Coming Soon!" page.

          It's a damned shame.
          • 2. Re: Need more Type Styling
            NotInUse Community Member
            I got real lucky and did take them up on beta testing the OSX version. It ran great with OSX for years. But alas it's not intel native so has a few issues on an Intel Mac, and a few more issues with the latest Apple OS.

            I suspect something serious must have happened for them to simply stop developing Typestyler completely.