Image and text skewing / distorting megathread

[gwpriester]

Rob - Maybe this is the answer. Designer Pro X is marketed as a "professional" design program. And it is. The market for this product is people who want and need more high end tools features. It is insulting to users of this product that Xara thinks they might accidentally do something to text that will not work in HTML. Treat us like professionals.

If Xara want to help new users then make these changes to Photo & Graphic Designer which is more entry level.

As a rule good designers to not distort type. But good designers also do not follow rules. There are cases where a font that is slightly condensed or slight extended looks better with the design. Designers must make those decisions.

If Xara wants to save us from ourselves, then rather than take away a feature or action, flag this with the same kind of warning we get when we use a non-standard font for a website.