desktop publishing
    n 1: (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics
         capacity to produce printed materials

	

	desktop publishing
desktop publisher
DTP

    (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.

   (2005-03-14)