Aldus PageMaker sounds like the name of a LOOM protagonist from the Guild of Printers.
Behold, the Great Press, where the Words are set Present and Correct.
Behold, the Great Press, where the Words are set Present and Correct.
July 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Aldus PageMaker sounds like the name of a LOOM protagonist from the Guild of Printers.
Behold, the Great Press, where the Words are set Present and Correct.
Behold, the Great Press, where the Words are set Present and Correct.
If AI can simulate 90s Aldus Pagemaker, then look out!
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If AI can simulate 90s Aldus Pagemaker, then look out!
PageMaker was my jam. I miss the quaintness of 1990s computing. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
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March 23, 2026 at 2:31 AM
PageMaker was my jam. I miss the quaintness of 1990s computing. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
PageMaker famously could not print tweets though
June 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
PageMaker famously could not print tweets though
Brøderbund was moldy bollocks compared to PageMaker.
June 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Brøderbund was moldy bollocks compared to PageMaker.
RIP Paul Brainerd, the man who invented desktop publishing (and coined the term) when his company Aldus released PageMaker in 1985. The combination of his software, the Macintosh, and the Apple LaserWriter printer unleashed a revolution. I can't begin to describe just how cool this all was.
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2026 at 12:55 AM
RIP Paul Brainerd, the man who invented desktop publishing (and coined the term) when his company Aldus released PageMaker in 1985. The combination of his software, the Macintosh, and the Apple LaserWriter printer unleashed a revolution. I can't begin to describe just how cool this all was.
Saudades do pagemaker
May 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Saudades do pagemaker
The man who coined *desktop publishing* w/ the launch of PageMaker: Paul Brainerd 🕊️.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
The man who coined *desktop publishing* w/ the launch of PageMaker: Paul Brainerd 🕊️.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
That it wasn’t PageMaker.
April 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
That it wasn’t PageMaker.
The very first piece of Abode software I ever used, 35+ years ago now, was PageMaker, which was the software we used to layout the Chicago Maroon, the college newspaper I wrote and edited for. Of course, because I'm old, it was from Aldus then. But I also used it after Adobe acquired Aldus.
Did you ever work in Framemaker? It was a very nice, if slightly excessive piece of word processing+ software from earlier Adobe years that I swore by - up to a point.
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The very first piece of Abode software I ever used, 35+ years ago now, was PageMaker, which was the software we used to layout the Chicago Maroon, the college newspaper I wrote and edited for. Of course, because I'm old, it was from Aldus then. But I also used it after Adobe acquired Aldus.
It sucks that Adobe killed off Pagemaker and Freehand. Adobe could really use some real competition.
September 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It sucks that Adobe killed off Pagemaker and Freehand. Adobe could really use some real competition.
The sun out here making logos in Aldus Pagemaker in 1994
December 5, 2024 at 12:50 AM
The sun out here making logos in Aldus Pagemaker in 1994
🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh
While resurrecting a 40-year old defunct magazine, I accidentally-on-purpose resurrect a 40-year old software rivalry.
stonetools.ghost.io
March 27, 2026 at 11:53 PM
🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
It wasn't the first #desktoppublishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild #OMNI Magazine and examine how the publishing revolution influenced the public sector.
stonetools.ghost.io/pagemaker-mac
#retroComputing #mac #pagemaker
I'm really old school give me PageMaker please!
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I'm really old school give me PageMaker please!
I am another person who owes a lot to PageMaker. My college paper converted to it the year I joined, and I quickly made myself indispensable (and fell in love with the Mac). I also created the PostScript edition of InterText, one of the first magazines on the Internet, using PageMaker.
There’s more story (who cares but me), but it all traces back to Aldus, DTP, and Paul Brainerd—without him, things might have happened, but not as fast and not in the same way. I owe him a great debt.
February 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
I am another person who owes a lot to PageMaker. My college paper converted to it the year I joined, and I quickly made myself indispensable (and fell in love with the Mac). I also created the PostScript edition of InterText, one of the first magazines on the Internet, using PageMaker.
Early 80s, huh?
Welp... I can't blame Pagemaker for that font and outline then.
Welp... I can't blame Pagemaker for that font and outline then.
September 23, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Early 80s, huh?
Welp... I can't blame Pagemaker for that font and outline then.
Welp... I can't blame Pagemaker for that font and outline then.
Sad to see Paul Brainerd has passed. Amazing career in business and environmental advocacy. Without him, I’d have had no career! I met him a few times in the early Internet days. www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet
Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...
www.geekwire.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Sad to see Paul Brainerd has passed. Amazing career in business and environmental advocacy. Without him, I’d have had no career! I met him a few times in the early Internet days. www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
Breve parêntese: estudei jornalismo na transição das Olivettis para os computadores. As disciplinas mais atualizadas ensinavam a usar PageMaker.
Hoje tenho melhores lembranças das disciplinas que usavam xerox e giz. Nunca perderam atualidade nesses 30 anos.
Hoje tenho melhores lembranças das disciplinas que usavam xerox e giz. Nunca perderam atualidade nesses 30 anos.
O exemplo mais forte, para mim pelo menos, sendo o de que tecnologia (computadores) resolveria os problemas da educação.
August 17, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Breve parêntese: estudei jornalismo na transição das Olivettis para os computadores. As disciplinas mais atualizadas ensinavam a usar PageMaker.
Hoje tenho melhores lembranças das disciplinas que usavam xerox e giz. Nunca perderam atualidade nesses 30 anos.
Hoje tenho melhores lembranças das disciplinas que usavam xerox e giz. Nunca perderam atualidade nesses 30 anos.
PageMaker changed my life. It made it possible for me to get a job doing production work on books at AT&T when nobody was willing to hire me to work in broadcasting, where my degree was. Paul Brainerd made a dent in the universe. RIP.
www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet
Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...
www.geekwire.com
February 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
PageMaker changed my life. It made it possible for me to get a job doing production work on books at AT&T when nobody was willing to hire me to work in broadcasting, where my degree was. Paul Brainerd made a dent in the universe. RIP.
www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
I do miss PageMaker, fwiw
January 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I do miss PageMaker, fwiw
Wow. I bought my first Mac so I could run PageMaker to work on the college newspaper.
Sad to see Paul Brainerd has passed. Amazing career in business and environmental advocacy. Without him, I’d have had no career! I met him a few times in the early Internet days. www.geekwire.com/2026/pagemak...
PageMaker pioneer Paul Brainerd, 1947-2026: Aldus founder devoted his second chapter to the planet
Paul Brainerd, who coined the term "desktop publishing" and built Aldus Corporation's PageMaker into one of the defining programs of the personal computer era, died Sunday at his home on Bainbridge Is...
www.geekwire.com
February 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Wow. I bought my first Mac so I could run PageMaker to work on the college newspaper.
Forget spending $8,500 on a new Macbook Pro; I'm buying myself a TANDY.
January 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Forget spending $8,500 on a new Macbook Pro; I'm buying myself a TANDY.
My school had Macs and I remember using pageMaker (and QuarkXPress) - which was my earliest intro to typography
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
Paul Brainerd Dies at 78; Pioneered Desktop Publishing With PageMaker
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
My school had Macs and I remember using pageMaker (and QuarkXPress) - which was my earliest intro to typography
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...