Typesetting tools/Timelines
The Print Shop
emulator: https://theprintshop.club/
launched in 1984, made in the US, by Brøderbund
popular desktop publishing tool for APPLE II, MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Atari
that could be used with household dot-matrix printers
seems to have been most popular for making your own greeting cards
giving the computer another purpose that is not educational nor business related (!)
The Print Shop review on page 4, in Atari Computer Enthusiasts/Fuji Facts Newsletter (August 1987)
All kidding aside, a new middle ground was established (somewhere between markers and markup) and other software publishers eagerly jumped into it, creating not just ripoffs like PrintMaster, but new software such as The Newsroom, Create-A-Calendar and Awardware, each designed to provide a new ‘good enough’ solution in an area previously limited to professional or handmade alternatives. -- https://theprintshop.club/2021/07/12/a-tongue-in-cheek-look-back-at-broderbunds-the-print-shop/
PrintMaster
https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22Printmaster%22
PrintMaster User Guide - Art Gallery
PrintMaster User's Guide (2nd Edition 1986)
launched in 1985 by Mindscape
in response to The Print Shop's success
also seen as a copy of The Print Shop
The Newsroom
https://archive.org/details/a2_Newsroom_1984_Springboard_Software_cr_Ripper
WYSIWYG desktop publishing for journalists
launched in 1984
https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/03/printing-real-headline-news-on.html?lr=1
http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/display.cgi?351
https://commodore.software/downloads/download/670-desktop-publishing/15244-the-newsroom
Typesetter
launched in 1985
https://www.atarimania.com/pgesoft.awp?version=12536
Typesetter 2 - User Manual on archive.org
in the US, by Dennis Young and Len Dorfman
published by XLEnt Software
The same software makers and publisher, also published in the same year: Page Designer and Rubber Stamp