desktop publishing (text, application) (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. Last updated: 2005-03-14
