Quoting Reinhard Kotucha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>>>> "David" == David Kastrup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > One does not need to mention PDFTeX in that context. But remind > > me: just what Adobe tool is replaced or endangered by PDFTeX? Do > > they have a general purpose typesetting program? > > Do people use typesetting programs for typesetting today?
Sure, when they aren't using MS Word. From my personal sample, PageMaker is still the favorite, but the sample is biased towards people whose business is producing "coffee-table" books with a high ratio of color art and the bare minimum of text. My cousin still sets metal type by hand (in addition to wedding invitations, a big part of his business is fixing mistakes made by big printers in things like corporate annual reports). -- George N. White III Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]