desktop publishing
noun
: the production of printed matter by means of a desktop computer having a layout program that integrates text and graphics
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With an intuitive design toolkit, graphic presets and typography templates, users can create design headings for desktop publishing projects and logos for products and websites.
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Specialized apps like Publisher and Access cater to more specific needs like desktop publishing and database management.
—New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
Before home computers and desktop publishing, font selection for posters and invitations was left to the professionals; Comic Sans ushered in the era of the amateur’s choice, for good or ill.
—Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This suite also includes Outlook for managing emails and calendars, Teams (free version) for collaboration, OneNote for note-taking, Publisher for desktop publishing, and Access for database management.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
The Mac brought us into the era of graphical user interfaces that allowed new types of apps, such as desktop publishing, multimedia computing, etc.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Both on the Mac and on the emerging Microsoft Windows platform, desktop publishing and computer graphics became much more popular as all the high end printers adopted PostScript.
—Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
Adobe became known for other aids to desktop publishing and professional imaging, notably Photoshop, which enables photographs to be altered in seemingly infinite ways.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
When desktop publishing came out, Grimes worked for the U.S. Government Publishing Office as a book designer for 20 years.
—Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Specialized apps like Publisher and Access cater to more specific needs like desktop publishing and database management.
—New Atlas, 1 Dec. 2024
Before home computers and desktop publishing, font selection for posters and invitations was left to the professionals; Comic Sans ushered in the era of the amateur’s choice, for good or ill.
—Simon Garfield, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2024
This suite also includes Outlook for managing emails and calendars, Teams (free version) for collaboration, OneNote for note-taking, Publisher for desktop publishing, and Access for database management.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
The Mac brought us into the era of graphical user interfaces that allowed new types of apps, such as desktop publishing, multimedia computing, etc.
—Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Both on the Mac and on the emerging Microsoft Windows platform, desktop publishing and computer graphics became much more popular as all the high end printers adopted PostScript.
—Michael J. Miller, PCMAG, 25 Aug. 2023
Adobe became known for other aids to desktop publishing and professional imaging, notably Photoshop, which enables photographs to be altered in seemingly infinite ways.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2023
When desktop publishing came out, Grimes worked for the U.S. Government Publishing Office as a book designer for 20 years.
—Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 1 July 2023
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“Desktop publishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desktop%20publishing. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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