Synonyms

desktop publishing

American

noun

Computers.

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

desktop publishing British

noun

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

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desktop publishing

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

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 ● Jul. 21, 2022

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

From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021

I love the way it made desktop publishing possible for me, for McSweeney’s — we wouldn’t exist without these tools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

What You See Is What You Get moni- tors were generally used for intensive word processing or desktop publishing.

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