After finally convincing POPStar that it really did want to download my mail, I noticed a email from Martin Wuerthner, the developer of Easiwriter and Artworks.Martin has told us that Artworks 2.5 will be released by the end of 2005 and "will offer direct PDF export". Martin explained that "The usual way to create PDF documents under RISC OS is to create a PostScript file using the RISC OS PostScript printer driver and use third-party software to convert that file to PDF. Unfortunately, this approach suffers from various shortcomings in the PostScript format and in the RISC OS PostScript printer driver, which often leads to loss of quality."
The direct PDF export will support "all ArtWorks 2 features without involving any intermediate file format."
The upgrade price to Artworks 2.5 will be 30 UKP for 2.4 users.
Martin also confirmed that the ArtWorks crazy summer sale continues
