| the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics. |
| desktop publishing n. The design and production of publications using personal computers with graphics capability. |
desktop publishing text, application
(DTP) Using computers to lay out text and graphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures, etc. A good DTP system provides precise control over templates, styles, fonts, sizes, colour, paragraph formatting, images and fitting text into irregular shapes.
Example programs include FrameMaker, PageMaker, InDesign and GeoPublish.
(http://cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html).
Usenet newsgroup: comp.text.desktop.
(2005-03-14)