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Article: Desktop publishing matures. (includes related article)
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- Indiana Business Magazine
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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It's been 10 years since the term was first coined.
When Paul Brainerd, president of the software giant Aldus, first coined the term "desktop publishing" in 1984, most graphic designers, conventional typesetters and printers scoffed at the output.
They agreed that it was a crude substitute for conventional typesetting and design. DTP, simply defined as the process of using a computer to format text and graphics on a page, was relegated to low-quality publications at the outset.
Since then, however, the same people who once ridiculed DTP now realize that they, too, must become skilled in the process or be left behind in the competition.
"Quality ...