PS-CS and InDesign Needed For Documents With Nice Fonts?

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P._Grig
Jan 25, 2004
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I just love the Brioso Pro optical font (OpenType) package. In PS-CS, it produces absolutely beautiful lettering, using context-dependent alternate characters and lovely details. Now I want to use these fonts (and maybe others like them) to send proposals, letters, and fliers to my photography studio clients. But when I try the beautiful Brioso fonts under MS-Word (Word 2002), they don’t look so nice 🙁 (apparently not fully implemented).

Could I solve my problem by buying InDesign-CS and using it as a piece of word processing s/w? My "projects" are quite small–2-3 page letters and small fliers. Any of you non-graphics experts doing this? I’m a little worried that InDesign is only for the Graphics Gurus. It also seems like s/w overkill…but maybe not.

I gather I could use InDesign to output .pdf files that I could directly email to my clients (I send .doc attachments now). But I wonder if writing a simple letter would become too much of an undertaking–like using a sledgehammer to drive a carpet tack.

I thought I’d try this Forum first, since I’m a photographer coming to the problem from a PS background.

Many thanks,
PaulG

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ID._Awe
Jan 25, 2004
Briosso will work as it should with the Adobe CS apps, they have full support for Open Type, Word does not.
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Robert_Oliver
Jan 26, 2004
It also seems like s/w overkill…but maybe not.

"Overkill" is a matter of perception. Can you afford InDesign CS? If you can, than it will do just as good a job with small projects as large ones, and it will give you the typographical features that Word doesn’t have.

But I wonder if writing a simple letter would become too much of an undertaking–like using a sledgehammer to drive a carpet tack.

A simple letter in InDesign would be…simple. Just keep in mind that InDesign is not a word processor, and it will not act like Word.
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dave_milbut
Jan 26, 2004
But I wonder if writing a simple letter would become too much of an undertaking–like using a sledgehammer to drive a carpet tack.

A simple letter in InDesign would be…simple. Just keep in mind that InDesign is not a word processor, and it will not act like Word.

so it’s more like using a pliers to drive a nail… 🙂
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ID._Awe
Jan 26, 2004
Actually PageMaker 7 would serve you quite well, also, if it is for a ‘qucik letter’, do you have the dreaded ‘Publisher’? It may serve your purpose temporarily until you can decide where to spead your dollars. [que Here Comes The Rain Again].
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Robert_Oliver
Jan 27, 2004
Actually PageMaker 7 would serve you quite well, also

Actually, it wouldn’t. PageMaker does not have the advanced OpenType features that InDesign CS does, not to mention that PageMaker is a dead product that won’t be upgraded again.
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matrixrose
Jan 27, 2004
Keep in mind there is a small learning curve to using InDesign. It is not anything like Word or WordPerfect. I have been using InDesign for a few months now and LOVE IT!, but I’m still learning and InDesign Classroom In A Book has been my best friend.

Cheers,
Rose

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