On first launch, the revamped TypeStyler 3.46.3 looks like the old floppy disk favorite we’ve known for years. However, as with other high-end design tools, the magic lies in a new object editor (Style Workshop). That’s right, TypeStyler is fiilly object-oriented, so you can save your house style and impose it on all associated graphics with httle or no effort.
Beginners can learn the basics of point-and-click style apphcation with 71 prefab Styles. At this level, styling is as easy as picking font types, shapes, and Styles from the main menu or the toolbar-invoked Attributes window. Once your object is on the page, you can rotate, scale, and shape it wholesale, or apply the Object menu’s Create Outlines to shape letters individually.
Pros will dive right into Style Workshop to modify any aspect of Styles with the handy visual sliders and instant preview. You can then save custom Styles to the Library, where they’ll be available for one-click use on other text and graphical objects.
TypeStyler’s flexibility doesn’t stop there. Once you’ve created the perfect logo, banner, button, or combination hereof, you’re just a drag-and-drop away from almost any other design tool, including Illustrator, Quark, Flash, Photoshop, QuickTime, and PDF authoring. That flexibility goes both ways — import graphics into TypeStyler for backdrops and Panels that you can style, or into Style Workshop as text fill and shadow patterns.
Serious design tools are adapting to the Web these days, and TypeStyler is no exception. The new Web menu puts animated GIFs and JavaScript interactivity in easy reach — just highlight the object and pick an item from the Web menu. TypeStyler does the rest.
The drawback to this insanely easy Web production is TypeStyler’s less-than-efficient HTML and JavaScript. A simple rollover button generates 12K of JavaScript. Hand-coded script would use just a kilobyte or two of file space. But the bulky generated code does play well across various Web browsers.
When exporting a GIF for Web use, TypeStyler gives you complete control over the color palette and bit depth. It’s easier to use than Photoshop for squeezing out optimized GIFs. It’s just as smart when exporting JPEG, PICT, TIFF, EPS, and Photoshop files, offering the appropriate compression, alphamasking, clipping path, and layer options.
TypeStyler is no Photoshop-killer, but it does make designing eye-popping text effects infinitely easier and more fun.
Coucouvanis, Niko. (January 2000). TypeStyler 3.46.3. MacAddict. (pg. 68).
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Emulating this? It could probably run under: 
SheepShaver
