Overview
DesignCraft is ArtCraft's open source page layout app. It has spreads, parent pages, threaded text, styles, text wrap, and PDF export in desktop and browser builds.
About
DesignCraft is for putting long documents together with control over the page. You can work with spreads and parent pages, thread text through frames, set paragraph and character styles, and place images with text wrap. The app also offers print-oriented PDF output with embedded fonts, color settings, and bleed.
ArtCraft has installers for macOS, Windows, and Linux, plus a browser build that can be hosted separately. If you exchange files with another layout app or a printer, test your usual documents and output requirements first.
Good for
- — Laying out magazines, brochures, and longer documents.
- — Working with threaded text and reusable page styles.
- — Preparing print-oriented PDF files.
Limitations
- — Check layout interchange and print output against your own production files.
- — Native InDesign files are not listed among the supported formats.
