QuarkXPress 8 First Thoughts

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

I’m still waiting for my review copy of the new QuarkXPress but of course I’ve read the press release and explored the Quark site - so how does it look on paper?

 The slogan that Quark has picked for the new release is “Revolutionizing Publishing. Again.” Certainly sounds good, but what does it actually mean?

Putting aside the new “Designer-Driven Typography”– and on the basis that this seems to boil down to settings for managing hanging punctuation that seems sensible – there are two new features that Quark is pushing that could live up to the revolutionary hype: the new interface and the new interactive design capabilities.

Again it’s easy to be sceptical…

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