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[1] but never released.

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The software was superseded by Timeworks Publisher (Publish-It in the United States), which the market regarded as a much better product.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

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  • Fleet Street Publisher (1986, published by Spectrum Holobyte[6] and France Image Logiciel[7])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 1.1 (1987, published by Mirrorsoft[8][9])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 2.0 (1989, published by MichTron[10][11])
  • Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 (1989, published by MichTron[12][13])

References

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  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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