desktop publishing

American  

noun

Computers.

1. the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a personal computer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics.

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desktop publishing British  

noun

1.  DTP.  a means of publishing reports, advertising, etc, to typeset quality using a desktop computer

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Example Sentences

"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

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

He is a former software entrepreneur from the personal computer era who founded an early desktop publishing software company, which he ran for a decade.

From New York Times

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

From Washington Post

To demonstrate, let him tell you a little story about QuarkXPress, the desktop publishing program.

From Los Angeles Times