
It can be used to create everything from posters and flyers to brochures, catalogues, and magazines, as well as ebooks and web and mobile apps.


QuarkXpress is still a reliable, feature-rich package that can do almost everything that InDesign can do, so much so that it seems almost a little unfair that InDesign stole its throne.Īvailable for PC or Mac, the software is still updated on an annual basis, usually around late spring/early summer. However, many designers who were working back then (QuarkXPress launched in 1987), continue to use the software, whether out of habit or preference. Back in the hazy days of the 1990s, QuarkXPress was the industry standard for desktop publishing, and the obligatory software for in-house designers, newspaper subs and publishing houses everywhere.
