The examples on the box suggest a variety of possibilities, such as banners, posters, and invitations. Although I was initially skeptical, Type Twister does, with a few limitations, deliver on its promise. One may then quickly select from any of the 50 preprogrammed design buttons. Since all of these can be applied to any font in the system, the possibilities are nearly endless. Most effects can also be scaled, rotated, and skewed, and the aspect ratio of many can be altered.
Effects formed around arcs and circles offer still other effects.
If all this weren t enough, a selection of distinctive styles can be applied to the individual characters themselves. But this is only the beginning. The designs can be customized or constructed from scratch via color and effect palettes. Once a treatment has been designed and tweaked to the user s satisfaction, click the Add button, and a thumbnail of the new design takes its place among the preset choices. The output looks great in both color and black and white, though small shaded images necessarily look a little grainy at 300 dpi.