Description
Session 3 of the Desktop Publishing Pioneer Meeting focuses on desktop publishing technology in the 1970s. The session begins with a survey of the technological foundations that made the widespread adoption of desktop publishing products in the 1980s possible. The participants speak about the Engelbart demo and its influence on later developments in the field, particularly in terms of office product solutions and at Xerox PARC. An extended discussion focuses on the differences between the work and developments that occurred on the West and East Coasts, in the office and newspaper industries, respectively. The session concludes with a thorough discussion of the need for and resistance to automation in the newspaper industry and the factors that led to the rapid development of the Atex system in the mid-1970s.
Date
2017-05-22
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
37 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Adobe; Alto; Altex; Bravo text editor; Canon; Classified Ads; Display Ads; Dover; Engelbart, Douglas; Font design; Ginn; Gypsy; Interactive graphic page layout; InterPress; Newspaper publihsing systems; NLS; Optical Printing; Xerox PARC; WYSIWYG
Collection Title
Desktop Publishing Pioneer Meeting
Credit
Computer History Museum
