Fleet Street Publisher was an

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program produced by

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in the

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and released in November 1986. It was distributed in the

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. A

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version produced by Rowan Software was planned for 1987 but never released. Running under

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the program offered features such as multi-column text, the ability to design flow charts and graphics and multiple document sizes (flyers, menus, cards, etc.). Possible font sizes ranged from 4 to 216

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with support for

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. Character and line spacing where fully controllable by the user. The software came with a 150 image

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gallery. Although relatively well reviewed, it was generally superseded by

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(Publish-It in the United States), which the market regarded as a much better product.

Versions

Source: *Fleet Street Publisher (1986, published by

and France Image Logiciel) *Fleet Street Publisher 1.1 (1987, published by

) *Fleet Street Publisher 2.0 (1989, published by MichTron) *Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 (1989, published by MichTron)

References

External links

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