[K12OSN] OT: Software questions

[Huck]

I thought linux had some commandline banner creator thing natively...
I'm scratch'n the rust off the 'ole memory plate with this though...I'll 
see if I can track it down...but I used it extensively in college.

Keith Olson wrote:
> Timothy Legged wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> I have been asked about software for creating banners,
>> Posters.
>>
>> I imagine that they must want something less
>> professional than Scribus.  Any ideas?
>>
>> Tim
>>
> I still keep a floppy with Bannermania! 
> (http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=782) and an old Fujitsu DL1100 
> (colour dot matrix) printer around for printing banners.  It's an 
> ooooold DOS program, but is still /great/ at what it does.  It also 
> works well for creating text for signs.  If you print just the outlines, 
> then trace over them with a tailor's spur, it will leave shallow dimples 
> in the wood underneath.  You can also trace over carbon paper - the 
> lines left are easy to paint over.
>