In 1989, QuarkXPress incorporated an application programming interface called XTensions which allows third-party developers to create custom add-on features to the desktop application. Quark's AppleScript support was a significant factor in both Quark's & AppleScript's success. In particular, the Mac version of 3.3 (released in 1996) was seen as stable & trouble-free, working seamlessly with Adobe's PostScript fonts as well as with Apple's TrueType fonts. In the 1990s, QuarkXPress became widely used by professional page designers, the typesetting industry & printers. Five years passed before a Microsoft Windows version (3.1) followed in 1992. The first version of QuarkXPress was released in 1987 for the Macintosh. More recent versions have added support for ebooks, Web & mobile apps.įounded by Tim Gill in 1981 with a $2,000 loan from his parents, with the introduction of Fred Ebrahimi as CEO in 1986. QuarkXPress is used by individual designers, large publishing houses & corporations to produce a variety of layouts, from single-page flyers & collateral to the multi-media projects required for magazines, newspapers, catalogs & the like.

The most recent version, QuarkXPress 2021 (internal version number 17.0.1), allows publishing in English ('International and U.S.') and 36 other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, German, Korean, Russian, French & Spanish. in 1987 & is still owned & published by them. QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing software for creating & editing complex page layouts in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment. XPress 2018 can be purchased through the Quark Store and authorized resellers.2021 (17.0.1) (October 1, 2021 3 months ago ( ))

Upgrades from XPress 2017 can be purchased for $185, or from any prior version for $399.

Conversion of print layouts into interactive HTML5 publications.

Ability to output unlimited iOS & Android Single apps.

Ability to copy objects from Affinity Designer & Adobe Illustrator, copy pie charts from Excel, and paste them as editable QuarkXPress objects.

More granular design control for optical margin alignment, gradients & opacity.

High-quality typographic controls, featuring kerning pairs, font tracking tables, text variables & OpenType fonts.

Convert any AI, EPS, PDF or InDesign file to editable QuarkXPress objects.

An intuitive user interface, less palette clutter and faster results.

Owners of competing software-InDesign, CorelDraw, Microsoft Publisher & Photoshop-can switch to QuarkXPress 2018 for $399 US$ and save 50% on an XPress 2018 license (a savings of $450 US$ off the regular $849 US$ price). Quark is promoting QuarkXPress 2018, emphasizing no monthly subscription fee- buy the license & own it.

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