Common Sense Wordworking III: Desktop Publishing and Desktop Typesetting Available to Purchase

Desktop publishing may or may not be the “hottest” topic in current microcomputing, but it certainly is one of them. Being a hot topic means being the subject of wildly optimistic market predictions, large amounts of hype and hoopla, unrealistic claims for benefits, and the usual tendency to ignore drawbacks. But all the nonsense does not mean that the topic is wholly worthless. The author, Library Hi Tech's resident computer grouch and proponent of the trailing edge, argues that the term desktop publishing is nonsensical and that the new field is promising but tricky. He discusses some aspects of desktop publishing and goes on to discuss his own experience with a lower‐technology alternative he calls desktop typesetting.