Aldus Corporation
Aldus Corporation was an American software company best known for its pioneering desktop publishing software. PageMaker, the company's most well-known product, ushered in the modern era of desktop computers such as the Macintosh seeing widespread use in the publishing industry.[1] Paul Brainerd, the company's co-founder, coined the term desktop publishing to describe this paradigm.[2][3] The company also originated the Tag Image File Format (TIFF) file format, widely used in the digital graphics profession.[4][5][6]
Industry
Aldus was founded by Brainerd (who also served as chairman of the company's board), Jeremy Jaech, Mark Sundstrom, Mike Templeman, and Dave Walter.[7] It was founded in Seattle, in 1984 and was acquired by Adobe Systems a decade later.
The company was named after 15th-century Venetian printer Aldus Manutius.