BeLight Software has announced the release of Art Text 1.2, a free update to their software for creating textual graphics. Art Text costs $29.95.
Using Art Text, you can create headings, logos, icons, Web banners and buttons. It modifies any text and vector shape into a fancy graphic that you can then import into iWork, Microsoft Office and other applications.
New to this version are 36 addition predesigned styles; an option to set export area size in pixels; 19 new shading materials; an option to create custom materials using an image; 70 more pictograms; Horizon-Spline and Curved Text transformation types and more.
Art Text system requirements call for Mac OS X v10.4 or later. It’s available as a download after purchase, and is a Universal binary.