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Desktop Publishers on the decline What Desktop Publishers Do
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esktop publishers use computer software to design page layouts for newspapers, books, brochures, and other items that will be printed or put online. They collect the text, graphics, and other materials they will need and then format them into a finished product.
Work Environment About half of all desktop publishers work for the publishing and printing industries. Most of the rest work for companies in other industries that produce their own printed materials. Part-time work schedules are common.
How to Become a Desktop Publisher Desktop publishers have a variety of educational backgrounds, but most complete some form of postsecondary education, such as an associate’s degree. They also usually learn some of their skills on the job. Computer skills, including knowledge of desktop publishing software, are important.
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How Many Windows Fonts is Too Many and What Can I Do About It?
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hether you install them yourself or some software programs install them automatically, at some point you may find yourself with way too many fonts. Font overload can slow down your computer or cause it to behave erratically. Within some programs it can become tedious or even impossible to find the one font you need among the hundreds displayed in your font selection menus.
How many fonts is too many? When you can no longer install more fonts you definitely have too many. As a general rule of thumb, you can expect to run into installation problems with 800-1000 or more installed fonts. In practice, you’ll probably encounter system slowdowns with fewer fonts. There is no magic number. The maximum number of fonts will vary from system to system due to the way the Windows System Registry works. There is a Registry Key within Windows (for Win9x and WinME versions) that contains the names of all the TrueType fonts installed and the paths to those fonts. This
Registry Key has a size limit. When that limit is reached, you can no longer install more fonts. If all your fonts have very short names you can install more fonts than if they all had very long names. But “too many” is more than just a limitation of the operating system. Do you really want to scroll through a list of 700 or even 500 fonts from within your software applications? For best performance and ease of use, you’d do well to limit installed fonts to fewer than 500, perhaps as few as 200 if you’re using a font manager as described below.
“As a general rule of thumb, you can expect to run into installation problems with 800-1000...” Can I delete any fonts I don’t want? Yes and No. There are cer-
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Pay
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The median hourly wage of desktop publishers was $17.60 in May 2010.
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Job Outlook Employment of desktop publishers is projected to decline by 15 percent from 2010 to 2020. Employment will decline rapidly as other types of workers increasingly do desktop publishing tasks and as fewer print publications are developed.
Similar Occupations Compare the job duties, education, job growth, and pay of desktop publishers with similar occupations.
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