Typesetting

Composition of text by means of arranging physical types or digital equivalents

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June 10 2025
Collabora Online
Microsoft executives testified under oath in the French Senate, admitting they cannot guarantee data sovereignty and would be compelled to share data with the US administration if requested via a warrant or subpoena.
August 8 2024
OpenPDF
OpenPDF version 2.0.3 was released, continuing the library's development under free software licenses.
October 2023
Thinkfree Office
Hancom split its online office business unit as 'Thinkfree Inc.'.
March 2023
PDF/VT
XMPie introduced desktop and server-based composition engines capable of generating valid PDF/VT-3 data.
2022
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 2022 (internal version 17.0).
December 2021
The Print Shop
Print Shop for macOS version 4.1 was released, providing 64-bit compatibility.
2020
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 2020 (internal version 16.0).
November 2020
PDF/X
ISO 15930-9 published, defining PDF/X-6 standard based on PDF 2.0, with PDF/X-6p and PDF/X-6n extensions for partial exchange of printing data
October 2020
Collabora Online
Collabora announced the migration of Collabora Online development from The Document Foundation infrastructure to GitHub.
September 2020
Collabora Online
Linux Magazine compared Collabora Online with OnlyOffice, emphasizing its flexibility, platform independence, and extensive feature set derived from LibreOffice.
June 2020
Collabora Online
ZDNET reported that Collabora Online would be included as the standard office suite in Nextcloud version 19, with direct document editing added to the native video conferencing software Talk.
August 2018
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 2019 (internal version 15.0).
June 2018
Thinkfree Office
Formed a partnership with Amazon Web Services to integrate Thinkfree Office into WorkDocs, an in-house office suite.
April 2018
STIX Fonts project
The Type 1 version of the STIX Two fonts for LaTeX was released. Simultaneously, the STIX project hosting platform was migrated to GitHub at https://github.com/stipub/stixfonts/.
December 2017
The Print Shop
Print Shop for macOS version 4.0 was developed and published by Software MacKiev.
October 2017
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InCopy CC 2018 (version 13.0) was released in October 2017, bringing new updates to the professional word processing software.
January 2017
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 2017 (internal version 14.0).
December 2016
Collabora Online
Softpedia mentioned Collabora Online version 2.0, highlighting its collaborative editing capabilities and integration with ownCloud and Nextcloud.
December 1 2016
STIX Fonts project
The official STIX project website announced the release of STIX version 2.0.0, created by Ross Mills and John Hudson of Tiro Typeworks. This version was an original design loosely inspired by Times New Roman, with a higher x-height and different from the previous version that matched Nimbus Roman No. 9 L.
November 2016
Collabora Online
Nextcloud announced integration with Collabora Online v2.0 and plans to improve performance, scalability, security, and capabilities.
2015
Collabora Online
Collabora and IceWarp announced development of an enterprise-ready version of LibreOffice Online to compete with Google Docs and Microsoft Office 365.
December 2015
Collabora Online
Collabora announced partnership with ownCloud and released Collabora Online Development Edition (CODE).
June 2015
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker (internal version 13.0).
2014
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 12.
June 2014
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InCopy CC 2014 (version 10.0) was released in June 2014, continuing the software's development in the Creative Cloud era.
October 2013
PDF/VT
PrintSoft (later Objectif Lune) began providing PReS 6.3.0, a product able to generate valid PDF/VT data.
September 2013
Collabora Online
Former LibreOffice development team from SUSE joined Collabora, establishing Collabora Productivity as a subsidiary.
June 2013
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InCopy CC (version 9.0) was released in June 2013, marking the transition to the Creative Cloud subscription model.
2012
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 11.
April 2012
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InCopy CS6 (version 8.0) was launched in April 2012, providing updated tools for writers and editors.
2011
PDF/X
ISO 15930-5 (PDF/X-2) standard was withdrawn
2011
Adobe FrameMaker
Adobe released FrameMaker 10.
April 2011
PDF/VT
PDFlib joined PDF/VT producers by releasing PDFlib 8 VT Edition, capable of generating valid PDF/VT data.
2010
PDF/X
Minor corrections and improvements made to ISO 15930-7 and ISO 15930-8 standards, without changing file identifications
July 2010
The Print Shop
The Print Shop Version 2.1 was released to address Windows 7 support for pre-2.0 projects.
May 2010
Adobe InCopy
Adobe InCopy CS5 (version 7.0) was released in May 2010, offering new features for professional content creation.
April 2010
PDF/VT
Global Graphics launched Harlequin RIP v8.2 with PDF/VT support at Ipex, demonstrated by Hewlett-Packard on the Indigo Digital Press.
January 15 2010
The Print Shop
The Print Shop 2.0 was released for Windows 7, published by Encore, Inc., with Standard, Deluxe, and Professional variants.

This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles PDF/VT, OpenPDF, Collabora Online, Adobe FrameMaker, Thinkfree Office, The Print Shop, PDF/X, STIX Fonts project & Adobe InCopy, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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