Many free desktop publishing software downloads are good for a specific job, such as labels or business cards, but they are not full-fledged design tools. But some free programs for Windows have powerful publishing capabilities, including page layout, vector graphics, and image editing programs. The three listed here are some of our favorites.
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7 Best Free and Open Source Desktop Publishing
Scribus is a free desktop publishing application with many of the features of professional packages. Scribus offers CMYK support, font embedding and subsetting, PDF creation, EPS import/export, basic drawing tools, and other professional-level features.
Scribus works in a way similar to Adobe InDesign and QuarkXPress with text frames, floating palettes and drop-down menus, but without the high price tag. As good as free is, this might not be the software you want if you have no prior experience with desktop publishing software and don't want to spend time on the learning curve. If you do, however, there are plenty of tutorials available to get you started.
A popular, free, open-source vector drawing program, Inkscape uses the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. You can use Inkscape to create text and graphic compositions including business cards, book covers, flyers, and advertisements. Inkscape has similar features to Adobe Illustrator and CorelDRAW. It is a graphics program that is more flexible than a bitmap photo program for performing many page layout tasks for desktop publishing.
