“Of course, I can’t even enter into this conversation without mentioning the iPhone,” says Doug Maloney, head of products and services at 3 mobile. “What a real change that has introduced to the market, even just in understanding what the word ‘applications’ means or the idea that you can put an application on your mobile phone.”

Using the touchscreen to navigate your way around is not only easy but enjoyable, and for a little while you’ll be entranced simply with the capability to mine this deeply into things simply with one finger.

At any stage throughout the process you can generate a small preview window where typing will show you your results in a string of text. It’s invaluable for small adjustments and tweaks, particularly for decorative or novelty fonts.