Programmes which handle vector graphics - functions

zoomable art | auto-tracing | manual tracing | pen tool | brush tool | text on a path

So I had two programmes which showed up the original pixel image rather well, Illustrator and CorelDraw.

I have to say that after Freehand, the tools in CorelDraw felt very primitive, and I found they gave me no motivation to work any further with the programme. It's a shame, because I've always felt very tempted by their advertising, those wonderful software boxes with brightly-coloured hot-air balloons all over the place ...

And then once I'd got the taste of Illustrator, there was simply no question of looking at any other vector programme.

Well, except InDesign, but that's the same thing really ...