Banners in Word and/or huge fonts

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Lew

Are there any programs (or fonts) out there that would enable me to
print a banner in huge letters that would span several sheets of paper
coming out of my lj? There used to be many such for dot matrix printers. I
guess I could make do with a really huge font. The largest I have is 72
points which just isn't enough.
-Lew
 
Hi Lew,

While it's true that Word can use larger font sizes (up to 1638 pt), it
would truncate any character that doesn't fit on a single page. Using
8.5x11" paper, 0.25" margins, and a condensed font such as Arial Narrow, you
can get up to about 750 pt before the W starts to be cut off at the right.

In addition to the link Frafi gave you, there's a free trial version of
PrintMaster Express at
http://www.broderbund.com/product.asp?OID=4158105&SC=0120056015&CID=2
 
Thanks to all who responded. Since reading these replies, I've used ms word
and discovered that ms publisher does an even better job at this.
-Lew
 
Publisher has support for banners; Word does not.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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Word's maximum page length is 22", so it was either (a) a rather short
banner or (b) pasted/taped together. Publisher includes support for banner
*paper* (for those printers that can handle it).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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