Adobe FreeHand

Adobe FreeHand is a computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. It is available in versions for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. FreeHand is very similar in scope, intended market, and functionality to Adobe Illustrator. It was created by Altsys and licensed to Aldus, which released versions 1 to 4. When Aldus merged with Adobe Systems, because of the overlapping of market with Illustrator, Adobe returned FreeHand to Altsys soon after the merger (after some legal wrangling, and intervention by the Federal Trade Commission). Altsys was later bought by Macromedia, which released FreeHand 5.0, 5.5 (Mac only), 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11/MX. In 2005 Adobe acquired Macromedia, thus returning the FreeHand product to Adobe.

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  mur58 3 months ago

  Used to be the BEST. Too bad it is in Adobe's hand and haven't been updated for years now. But still many designers prefer it to illustrator.

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  SuburbanWorrier 3 months ago
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  The only program I know of where you can lay up a letterhead, comp slips and business cards all in one file. Nothing else makes as much sense (this from a "since V5 user").
  A desperate shame that Adobe will kill it.

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  dedevillela 5 months ago
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  Used a few times, it just did the job. Still lovin' Illustrator!

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  almcd 6 months ago

  http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/freehand-anonymous/

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  ianm 8 months ago
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  This is THE tool for vector design and page layout for all print media.

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  Farhad Noori 9 months ago

  پیر راهه این فری هند ، عشق است

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  increibleignatz 9 months ago
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  el old school. es bastante más intuitivo que illustrator.

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  DasRakel 10 months ago

  Did adobe release a freehand? I remember using mx 2004.
  Switched to Illustrator CS3 after that.

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  yetiseti 10 months ago
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  I know that Adobe wants everyone to go to Illustrator, but I still prefer Freehand.

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  Whitey about 1 year ago

  I used to use this alot! I think times may have changed to Illustrator now!

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  urmania over 2 years ago
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  i just still use it
  i really love it
  i cant work without it :)