Scribus is free with many of the features of pro 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 fashion similar to and QuarkXPress with text frames, floating palettes, and pull-down menus—and without the hefty price tag. As great 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 devote time to mastering the learning curve.
IStudio Publisher is a powerful and intuitive page layout application for desktop publishing on Mac computers. It's ideal for designing a wide range of document types, including newsletters, brochures, adverts, flyers, booklets, invitations, menus, reports, posters, greetings cards, and yearbooks. No review of desktop publishing software on Mac would be complete without a mention of QuarkXPress. QuarkXPress used to be the industry standard for Desktop Publishing on Mac many years ago but has suffered from a lack of development and competition from InDesign on Mac.
Word processors are great for letters, reports, and other basic documents, but if you need to create something more complicated - a newsletter, say - then you'll soon run into problems. And that's where desktop publishing (DTP) software comes in: its extra text options, graphics features, page layout control and more will all help you to deliver far more professional results. • Paying big money for a commercial DTP package may not appeal too much, of course, especially if you only intend to use it for one or two projects - but there are alternatives. We've found six excellent free DTP tools, and whether you just want to create a single birthday card, a newspaper or an entire book, there's something here that can help.
Scribus If you're after real desktop publishing power, free of charge, then nothing can compete with. The program is packed with professional features - CMYK and spot colours, ICC colour management, direct editing of vector drawings, extensive PDF support and more - and provides everything you need to produce flyers, brochures, newspapers, books and more. All this power does take quite some time to master, though, and while the developers have tried to help (and there is plenty of documentation to point you in the right direction) you'll need to be patient: the sheer volume of features means there's still a significant learning curve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Adobe Project ROME was a very interesting Adobe AIR-based tool which could help you create and publish all sorts of content: brochures, flyers, letterheads, certificates, business cards, even animations and complete websites. While the program was 'retired' in November 2010, and hasn't seen any developments since then, you can still download and use the commercial version for free. This doesn't work exactly as it did - there are now only one or two templates available, for instance - but if you're willing to take the time to master the basics then the program still offers plenty of publishing power.