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<blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 3373048" data-attributes="member: 5137"><p>A little late to the discussion, I know.</p><p></p><p>I use InDesign CS on my home computer, I use QuarkXPress (InDesign's main competitor) on my work computer . . . but for the few PDFs I've done (free-only, and mostly for my own amusement), I've used OpenOffice to get reasonably solid results.</p><p></p><p>InDesign and Quark are both powerful tools to produce high-end, professional publications. They handle typographic elements (font hinting, kerning, swashes, and more) with a precision and grace that can't be matched anywhere else aside from a typographer's scalpel.</p><p></p><p>But OpenOffice gets you 90% of the way there, it's easier and faster to use, and it's free.</p><p></p><p>I use Quark for work, because Quark is the standard at my workplace. I use InDesign at home for my long-term publication plans, because eventually I want to be putting out really beautiful books.</p><p></p><p>But when I want to hammer out a "core classes for this setting" PDF for my players, and I want it to look reasonably professional but not over the top, I use OpenOffice.</p><p></p><p>(In the distant past, I used MS Word + Ghostscript PDF software, but MS Word is quirkier to do layout with than OpenOffice, and OpenOffice produces much cleaner PDFs.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seasong, post: 3373048, member: 5137"] A little late to the discussion, I know. I use InDesign CS on my home computer, I use QuarkXPress (InDesign's main competitor) on my work computer . . . but for the few PDFs I've done (free-only, and mostly for my own amusement), I've used OpenOffice to get reasonably solid results. InDesign and Quark are both powerful tools to produce high-end, professional publications. They handle typographic elements (font hinting, kerning, swashes, and more) with a precision and grace that can't be matched anywhere else aside from a typographer's scalpel. But OpenOffice gets you 90% of the way there, it's easier and faster to use, and it's free. I use Quark for work, because Quark is the standard at my workplace. I use InDesign at home for my long-term publication plans, because eventually I want to be putting out really beautiful books. But when I want to hammer out a "core classes for this setting" PDF for my players, and I want it to look reasonably professional but not over the top, I use OpenOffice. (In the distant past, I used MS Word + Ghostscript PDF software, but MS Word is quirkier to do layout with than OpenOffice, and OpenOffice produces much cleaner PDFs.) [/QUOTE]
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