
That program, CorelDraw, was initially released in 1989. CorelDraw 3.0 came into its own with Microsoft's release of Windows 3.1.ĬorelDraw 1.x and 2.x ran under Windows 2.x and 3.0. The inclusion of TrueType in Windows 3.1 transformed CorelDraw into a serious illustration program capable of using system-installed outline fonts without requiring third-party software such as Adobe Type Manager paired with a photo-editing program (Corel Photo-Paint), a font manager and several other pieces of software, it was also part of the first all-in-one graphics suite.

Introduces backups on save, and draw rectangles from their centreġ02 new fonts in Corel's proprietary WFN format, with WFNBOSS file font managerĮnvelope tool (for distorting text or objects using a primary shape), Blend (for morphing shapes), Extrusion (for simulating perspective and volume in objects) and Perspective (to distort objects along X and Y axes).


CorelDraw for Unix also became available.
