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Definitions

desktop publishing

NOUN

producing publications with computer software

Synonyms

WEAK

desktop electronic publishing formatting outputting typesetting

Example Sentences

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When desktop publishing arrived in the 1980s, he was a graphic designer using triangles and rubber cement.

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

Adobe became known for other aids to desktop publishing and professional imaging, notably Photoshop, which enables photographs to be altered in seemingly infinite ways.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 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