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    The challenge is to design examples of an imaginary new game from Xara/Magix to go on a software box.
    The idea of the game, and your challenge, is to use any font and tool in the Xara armoury and make
    a picture containing the letters of the word.
    You can distort the letters to suit the graphic you are trying to represent.
    Ideal for children, this would be educational, artistic and entertaining.
    Perhaps this could even be incorporated on Xara.com in the form of a monthly contest?
    Saludos,
    Bob.
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    Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx.

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    You may embellish the picture with suitable elements,
    you aren't limited to just text. (A bit logo-ish, this one)
    Saludos,
    Bob
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    Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx.

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    Educational, entertaining and ..... errmmm well ..... two outta three ain't bad

    **Just realised, idea was just to create the word, not the game as well

    I'll get my coat ........
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    I first saw this yesterday evening, and I thought to myself "John, you've lost it bigtime". Today I see that there is actually text there, and it spells "aardvark". I was expecting "anteater" for some reason! Certainly entertaining.
    Here's another, I was deliberately trying to avoid just animals.
    Saludos,
    Bob.
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    Got so excited I'd actually had an idea I got carried away (there's an obvious joke there but I won't!). Great insult to aardvarks implying they're mere eaters of ants, y'know

    Like the pear

    John
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    Default Re: Wordpix

    Much easier to make out on the white background, John.
    No insult to aardvarks intended.
    Back to the animal theme again.
    Saludos,
    Bob.
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    Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx.

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    Thing is, you make it look effortless Andalucia and Stretford affect the little grey cells in different ways ....

    John
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    That's clever, John, I like the texture on the text. I couldn't work out for a while which letter to start reading from. The first thing I saw was "Clear" and I couldn't see anything else for a while. At least I shan't go to bed thinking about it like last night.
    This one isn't so easy to read either.
    Saludos,
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    HA! Like it I did read it as 'chainlick' at first but I realised that was probably not the answer.

    Thanks for encouraging words .... needed a rectangle for the effect to show up tho

    The attachment box below is empty - in sympathy with my head at the moment - but don't close the thread yet!

    John
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    Have to slip into Americanese for this one .... but no coloured rectangles this time
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