As mentioned before it’s not necessarily an either/or decision, but which of several programs you may run alongside each other. Here we look at the alternatives to Adobe, some of which offer equivalent features.

In part 1 of this story we examined the dominant Adobe Creative Cloud suite, especially its vector design programs Illustrator and InDesign. Nearly all of today’s signage is designed on desktop computer software, much of it offering vector graphics with a range of tools and effects.