Omnigraffle subscript software#
Omnigraffle subscript professional#
Omnigraffle subscript free#

As mentioned in a comment, there is also the free application, Inkscape. Other vector drawing applications that I am aware of but have not used include the commercial Corel Draw (cheaper than Illustrator) and the even cheaper Affinity Designer.

Omnigraffle subscript professional#

What are the choices for generic vector drawing applications? Adobe Illustrator is the most sophisticated, is used by most professional illustrators, but is very expensive (it is now subscription only). If you work in a generic application you will have to fudge it yourself with separate text boxes. Microsoft Word’s equation editor will do this, but export is only as PDF, and import into other applications varies in effectiveness.

Omnigraffle subscript software#

Placing a superscript directly above a subscript is a page layout operation that only dedicated mathematical software (e.g. However they are provided by more specialized diagramming software like OmniGraffle (mentioned in another answer) or the dedicated ChemDraw (which I find too limiting to use other than for export). I have tended to use this sort of application (going back to MacDraw II of the Classic Mac) and fudge the arrows on them by combining them with straight lines of the same length as the arrowhead. Although all applications tend to provide straight lines with arrowheads, curved lines with arrowheads tend to be absent from the general applications (even the most sophisticated) because a curved line is not really a line as such, but is generated as an oval segment with a stroke (visualization of its drawn edge) but no fill (the body is transparent). Surprisingly the creation of a line with an arrowhead is not straightforward as one is dealing with a combination of two separate objects. How do different applications satisfy these criteria? They all support basic graphic primitives, and most allow export at least as PDF, if not the more flexible PostScript.

Export to vector formats accepted by other applications ( PostScript or PDF) to allow output in formats and at resolutions required for print publication.

Basic graphic primitives (as in the lower example).

Rotatable text (as in the upper example).

Superscripts, and ideally both simultaneously, e.g.

Text control that at least allows subscripts and.

Controllable geometric lines (Bezier curves).

It is therefore be worth exploring cheaper offerings, or investigating specialist vector graphics applications more focused on engineering or computing diagrams.įor biochemical work I personally would require software to be able to provide the following: Moreover, they may lack features needed for biochemical use.

The professional applications in this area can be very expensive and have a steeper learning curve than bitmap graphics applications (such as Adobe Photoshop).

Although today there are applications that combine both functions, vector graphics applications have the advantage that they are more easily editable and they scale to any print resolution. The class of application I consider best for this is termed a vector graphics application (popularly known as a ‘drawing’ application), as opposed to a bitmap or raster graphics application (popularly known as a ‘paint’ application). From my experience of using such illustrations in my own teaching over the years, I believe that the answer is probably no (although there are a couple of what I would consider ‘almosts’ mentioned below.) The main reason I would not expect this is that it would not seem commercially viable (biochemistry teachers and book illustrators are hardly a huge market) and you can get by with more generic pre-existing applications. By posting to this forum, I presume the question is whether the illustrators of this and other biochemistry books used software specifically designed for the purpose of drawing reaction pathways, or, if not, whether such software exists.