Scott Baret
Well-known member
Here's a program you don't hear about every day. I bought a brand new in-box copy (with a blank registration card!) on eBay. My intent is to use it for bulletin boards and such, especially as I have many coloured ImageWriter ribbons sitting around.
I love this program, especially the transmogrify feature–text can be manipulated in almost any way possible. Think MS's WordArt, only more elegant (I think the guys who worked on BannerMania worked on WordArt years later).
The only thing you can make on here is a banner, yet I've never seen a better banner program and probably never will. I already have a co-worker who wants me to make one for a football game and will probably have more requests coming, as I have the right printer for the job (plus a program light-years ahead of Print Shop, even the Deluxe version).
I know this program wasn't too common when it was new so your chances of finding it aren't too good–I've looked for a few years and sprung at this one immediately during one of my rare web breaks (and after hearing about an assignment in which I'd need something like this).
The best part? All of this high-end text manipulation, which leaves WordArt in the dust, comes uncompressed on a single 800K floppy! Proof that modern software is far too bloated.
I love this program, especially the transmogrify feature–text can be manipulated in almost any way possible. Think MS's WordArt, only more elegant (I think the guys who worked on BannerMania worked on WordArt years later).
The only thing you can make on here is a banner, yet I've never seen a better banner program and probably never will. I already have a co-worker who wants me to make one for a football game and will probably have more requests coming, as I have the right printer for the job (plus a program light-years ahead of Print Shop, even the Deluxe version).
I know this program wasn't too common when it was new so your chances of finding it aren't too good–I've looked for a few years and sprung at this one immediately during one of my rare web breaks (and after hearing about an assignment in which I'd need something like this).
The best part? All of this high-end text manipulation, which leaves WordArt in the dust, comes uncompressed on a single 800K floppy! Proof that modern software is far too bloated.