Definitions

desktop publishing

NOUN

producing publications with computer software

Synonyms

WEAK

desktop electronic publishing formatting outputting typesetting

Example Sentences

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Luke Michel has already lived through two technology overhauls in his career, first desktop publishing in the 1980s and online publishing later on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He is a former software entrepreneur from the personal computer era who founded an early desktop publishing software company, which he ran for a decade.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2022

“I admired entrepreneurs, and desktop publishing had just become a possibility.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2021

I love the way it made desktop publishing possible for me, for McSweeney’s — we wouldn’t exist without these tools.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2021

Text and image processing began to be handed over to desktop publishing shops and graphic art studios.

From Technology and Books for All by Lebert, Marie