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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Replacement for Lineform?
Date: 22 Feb 2014 17:07:02 GMT
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On 2014-02-22, Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2014.02.22, 04:05 , Mirsky wrote:
>> Hi. I use a vector drawing app called Lineform that still (thankfully)
>> works under Mavericks. But its developer no longer supports the program.
>>
>> I still use Lineform because it allows me to draw with "artistic
>> strokes." Those strokes take into account the pressure of my graphics
>> tablet and I can therefore create art with lines of varying width. I
>> find drawings with artistic strokes look more natural and artistic.
>> Again, these are vector drawings, not bitmap.
>>
>> I've been waiting for another vector drawing program to come along with
>> features similar to "artistic strokes," but so far I haven't found one.
>> Other than Illustrator, which I think has something similar, but
>> Illustrator is overkill and too expensive for my needs.
>>
>> However, I'm posting here in case there is such a program with a feature
>> similar to artistic strokes, and I've just not heard of it. I was
>> fishing around in the Mac App Store but there are many apps in the
>> Graphics and Design category so I thought I'd post here.
>>
>> So, does anyone know if an app exists with a feature similar to artistic
>> strokes?
>
> I suspect inkscape is too underpowered for your needs?

Not to mention clunky as hell. I find Inkskape rather distasteful for a
Mac application.

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