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e87 – Desktop Publishing

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This episode we cover the desktop publishing revolution, the Apple-led trifecta that kicked it off in the late '80s, and how it's evolved over three decades. For a holiday bonus, Ed talks about how he used a Mac to design and lay out his family's Christmas cards in the '90s. And finally, we wrap up the year with an announcement.

Follow Up
  • Icras DataRover 840 ran Magic Cap
    • engadget product page
    • user manual PDF
    • As the Apple Turns β€” in reruns!
    • early version of "40 in 40"
      • Wonderful Tools (2019)
        • Desktop Publishing Hardware
        • analog paste up
        • The Mac is Not a Typewriter
        • PostScript
          • Display PostScript
          • ~ATM
          • list of Apple printers
            • LaserWriter
            • ο£ΏScanner

              • Cue the Imperial March.

              Desktop Publishing Software
              • Aldus PageMaker
                • version 1.0 on Macintosh Garden
                • 1987 Macworld roundup
                • FrameMaker
                • QuarkXPress
                  • on the Mac App Store
                  • version 1.10 on Macintosh Garden
                  • version 3.3
                  • version 4.0
                  • consumer apps
                    • Aldus Personal Press
                    • Publish It! Easy
                      • πŸŽ…πŸ» Ed's Christmas Cards πŸŽ„

                      1987 – traditional print

                      1994 – ClarisWorks [PT]

                      1997 – color separation

                      2003 – 3D model
                      ...more
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