Fleet Street Publisher

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Fleet Street Publisher
Developer(s) Mirrorsoft
Initial release1986;38 years ago (1986) (Atari ST)
Stable release
Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 / 1989;35 years ago (1989)
Operating system GEM
Type Desktop publishing
License Proprietary commercial software

Fleet Street Publisher was an Atari ST desktop publishing program produced by Mirrorsoft in the United Kingdom and released in November 1986. A IBM PC compatible version produced by Rowan Software was planned for 1987 [1] but never released.

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Running under GEM 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 points with support for accented characters. Character and line spacing where fully controllable by the user. The software came with a 150 image clipart gallery. [2]

The software was superseded by Timeworks Publisher (Publish-It in the United States), which the market regarded as a much better product. This new version was produced by GST Software Products , and upgrades for the PC versions were available into the late 2000s. [3] [4]

Versions

Source: [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Sorenson, Karen (November 17, 1986). "Atari ST Programs Give Users Desktop Graphics Capabilities". InfoWorld. p. 8.
  2. ↑ Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher Ad. Spectrum Holobyte.
  3. ↑ "Greenstreet Online Store". 2009-02-04. Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Publisher 4.6 Home & Business (PC CD) : Amazon.co.uk: Software". www.amazon.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Fleet Street Publisher - List of Atari ST Utilities". Atarimania. 2020.
  6. ↑ "Information - Fleet Street Publisher". Atarimania.
  7. ↑ "Information - Fleet Street Publisher". Atarimania.
  8. ↑ "Screenshots - Fleet Street Publisher". Atarimania.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Charles (September 1987). "THE FLEET STREET DESKTOP PUBLISHER". STart. Vol. 2, no. 2.
  10. ↑ "Information - Fleet Street Publisher 2". Atarimania.
  11. ↑ "Screenshots - Fleet Street Publisher 2". Atarimania.
  12. ↑ "Information - Fleet Street Publisher 3". Atarimania.
  13. ↑ FRUCHEY, DAN (September 1989). "Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 - The UK's Newest Foray in the DTP War". STart. Vol. 4, no. 2.


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