Computer Dictionary of Information Technology

desktop publishing

(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: news:comp.text.desktop.