Aldus Corporation (named after the 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius) was the inventor of the groundbreaking PageMaker software for the Apple Macintosh, a program that is generally credited with creating the desktop publishing (DTP) field. Founder and chairman of Aldus was Paul Brainerd. Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ... Aldus Manutius (1449/50 - February 6, 1515), the Latin form of Aldo Manuzio (born Teobaldo Mannucci) was the founder of the Aldine Press. ... PageMaker was the first desktop publishing program, introduced in 1985 by Aldus Corporation, initially for the Apple Macintosh but soon after also for the PC. It relies on Adobe Systems PostScript page description language. ... Jump to: navigation, search Apple iMac G5 desktop computer with Apple Remote attached to the side, and FrontRow on the display. ... Desktop publishing, or DTP, is the process of editing and layout of printed material intended for publication, such as books, magazines, and brochures, using a personal computer. ...

PageMaker was released in July 1985, and relied on Adobe's PostScript page description language. For output, it used the Apple LaserWriter, a PostScript laser printer. PageMaker for the PC was released in 1986, but by then the Mac was already the de facto DTP platform, with Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop completing the suite of graphic design software. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) is a computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California that was founded in December 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke. ... PostScript (PS) is a page description language used primarily in the electronic and desktop publishing areas. ... The Apple LaserWriter was one of the first laser printers available to the mass market. ... Jump to: navigation, search A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that produces high quality printing, and is able to produce both text and graphics. ... One of the first PCs from IBM - the IBM PC model 5150. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adobe Illustrator is a vector-based drawing program developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. ... Jump to: navigation, search Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editor (with some text and vector graphics capabilities) developed and published by Adobe Systems. ...

Aldus went on to offer its Illustrator-like program, FreeHand, licensed from Altsys (who also developed Fontographer). During the 1990s QuarkXPress steadily won ground from PageMaker, and it seemed increasingly odd that Adobe — who had created PostScript, so vital to the working of DTP — still did not offer its own page layout application. This was resolved in September 1994 when Aldus merged with Adobe (a deal in which Freehand went to Macromedia). Today, Adobe's competition to QuarkXPress is Adobe InDesign, while PageMaker, which remained a part of its product offering for the low-end desktop publishing market for quite a while, has now been retired. Macromedia FreeHand is a computer application for modifying 2D and 3D vector graphics, oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. ... Jump to: navigation, search Altsys Corporation was a Texas based software company founded by James R Von Ehr II. It primarily focused on developing graphics applications including Freehand, Fontographer, and Metamorphosis. ... Fontographer is a software application from Macromedia used to design fonts, available in both Windows and Apple Macintosh platforms. ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing (page layout) application for Mac OS and Windows, produced by Quark, Inc. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Jump to: navigation, search Macromedia (NASDAQ: MACR) is a graphics and web development software house. ... Adobe InDesign CS splash screen Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing (DTP) application produced by Adobe Systems. ...

See also

• Aldus Persuasion

Adobe Persuasion (formerly Aldus Persuasion) was a presentation program developed for the Mac platform by Aldus Corporation. ...

External links

• Adobe website
• Seybold Report on the merger with Adobe