Micrografx Designer Info

Tonight, I double-click DESIGNER.EXE . The splash screen appears—teal and gray, a stylized compass rose. The grid loads.

I was a paste-up artist who hated rubber cement. My desk was a graveyard of X-Acto blades, missing pica poles, and a light table that gave me a permanent sunburn on my forearms. micrografx designer

Then the art director rolled a cart into the bullpen. On it sat a chunky beige tower with a 14-inch CRT. "This," he said, tapping the screen, "is Micrografx Designer." Tonight, I double-click DESIGNER

Designer 3.1 didn't hold your hand. There was no "Live Trace." There was no gradient mesh. There was you, a grid, and the that felt like wrestling a garden hose. missing pica poles