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 (1986) (Atari ST)
Stable release
Fleet Street Publisher 3.0 / 1989 (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The software was superseded by Timeworks Publisher (Publish-It in the United States), which the market regarded as a much better product.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[5]

  • 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])

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