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History of DTP

Submitted by TomArah on Tue, 08/01/2006 - 06:00.

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History of DTP

Tom Arah looks at the surprising history of professional desktop publishing and the current state of play.

The generally-accepted wisdom is that desktop publishing (DTP) was invented by Steve Jobs and Apple with the launch of the Apple Mac in 1984. It’s certainly true that the Mac’s Graphical User Interface (GUI) enabled bitmapped fonts, images and layouts to be both viewed onscreen and printed – a whole new world compared to character-based PC systems.


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Colour Management

Submitted by TomArah on Mon, 04/24/2006 - 06:00.

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RGB screen and CMYK print colour spaces are entirely different

Tom Arah investigates how to bring your colour under control

In these days of full-colour displays, budget colour lasers and photo-quality inkjets it might seem that computer-based colour handling is hardly an issue. But when you need accurate and consistent colour it’s another matter entirely...


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Tom ArahTom Arah is the webmaster of designer-info.com. He has been a professional designer working with computer software since 1987. He also offers training and consultancy and since 1997 has been the contributing editor covering design issues for PC Pro, the UK's biggest-selling (and best) computer monthly.

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