Fleet Street Publisher

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[4] but never released.

Fleet Street Publisher
Developer(s)Mirrorsoft
Initial release1986 (1986) (Atari ST)[1]
Stable release
Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 / 1989 (1989)[2][3]
Operating systemGEM
TypeDesktop publishing
LicenseProprietary commercial software

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.[5]

The software was superseded by Timeworks Publisher (Publish-It in the USA), which the market regarded as a much better product.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.[6][7]

Versions[8]
  • Fleet Street Publisher (1986, published by Spectrum Holobyte[1] and France Image Logiciel[9])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 1.1 (1987, published by Mirrorsoft[10][11])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 2.0 (1989, published by MichTron[12][13])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 (1989, published by MichTron[2][3])

References
  1. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.
  2. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.
  3. "Reviews". www.atarimagazines.com.
  4. Inc, InfoWorld Media Group (November 17, 1986). "InfoWorld". InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. – via Google Books.
  5. http://www.atarimania.com/pubs/hi_res/atari-st-fleet-street-publisher-spectrum-holobyte-ad-usa.jpg
  6. "greenstreet-online.com | CAA record". www.greenstreet-online.com.
  7. "Publisher 4.6 Home & Business (PC CD) : Amazon.co.uk: Software". www.amazon.co.uk.
  8. "List of Atari ST Utilities : page 1". www.atarimania.com.
  9. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.
  10. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.
  11. "Reviews". www.atarimagazines.com.
  12. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.
  13. "Atari ST Fleet Street Publisher : scans, dump, download, screenshots, ads, videos, catalog, instructions, roms". www.atarimania.com.


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