Vector drawing program (not Inkscape) recommendations?

[Jay Vaughan]

> So I've been playing with Inkscape a bit, and it annoys the heck out of me.
> 

Lets make a list.

> For starters, it doesn't support my tablet, whereas GIMP has no problems 
> with it.

Do you mean pressure sensitivity? 

> Second, there's no way to set character spacing; you have to do that 
> with some arcane keyboard combination. Which doesn't work. Even though I 
> have a US keyboard layout.
> 

Are you using Inkscape on Windows or Linux?  In Linux, text spacing is adjusted in the Text dialog box quite easily.

> So, are there any (free) vector drawing programs on Windows that don't 
> have the aforementioned drawbacks?
> 


Ah, Windows.  Never mind then.  Illustrator?


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Jay Vaughan