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desktop publishing

NOUN
producing publications with computer software
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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

"Graphic design has always developed in step with technological change - from letterpress to phototypesetting to desktop publishing and now Gen AI," she said.

From BBC Oct. 25, 2025

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

From Washington Post Oct. 14, 2021

To demonstrate, let him tell you a little story about QuarkXPress, the desktop publishing program.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2021

In 1997, text and image processing was provided at a low price by desktop publishing shops and graphic art studios.

From Technology and Books for All by Lebert, Marie



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