DESKTOP PUBLISHING (DTP).
1.0 Introduction
Publishing is the process of producing
publications such as newspapers, cards,
pamphlets, pictures, calendars, books, etc
that has special text and graphical layouts
& designs.
Traditionally, publishing involved drawing
and writing manually on wooden or
metallic boards. The artwork would then
be painted with ink and pressed on papers
to produce a printout. Today, the art of
publishing makes use of Personal
computers & small printers that are able to
print high-quality text and graphics. All
the publishing processes can be done on a
desk in the office or at home.
1.1 Definition of Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing refers to the process of
producing publications by designing their
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, text and graphics layout using special
desktop publishing software installed on
personal computers. The text and
graphical objects can then be inserted,
edited, formatted and printed.
Examples of desktop publishers;
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Photoshop - mainly used for
editing & formatting photographs.
Adobe illustrator - used for creating
complex freehand artwork such as
drawings & logos.
CorelDraw.
Microsoft Publisher.
Ventura.
Harvard graphic.
Difference between a desktop publisher
and a word processor.
A DTP software gives the user more
tools and control of the page layout, text
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1.0 Introduction
Publishing is the process of producing
publications such as newspapers, cards,
pamphlets, pictures, calendars, books, etc
that has special text and graphical layouts
& designs.
Traditionally, publishing involved drawing
and writing manually on wooden or
metallic boards. The artwork would then
be painted with ink and pressed on papers
to produce a printout. Today, the art of
publishing makes use of Personal
computers & small printers that are able to
print high-quality text and graphics. All
the publishing processes can be done on a
desk in the office or at home.
1.1 Definition of Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing refers to the process of
producing publications by designing their
-1-
, text and graphics layout using special
desktop publishing software installed on
personal computers. The text and
graphical objects can then be inserted,
edited, formatted and printed.
Examples of desktop publishers;
Adobe PageMaker
Adobe Photoshop - mainly used for
editing & formatting photographs.
Adobe illustrator - used for creating
complex freehand artwork such as
drawings & logos.
CorelDraw.
Microsoft Publisher.
Ventura.
Harvard graphic.
Difference between a desktop publisher
and a word processor.
A DTP software gives the user more
tools and control of the page layout, text
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