Software:InPage
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 InPage 3 splash screen displaying Urdu text | |
| Original author(s) | Concept Software |
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| Developer(s) | InPage Team |
| Initial release | 1994 |
| Stable release | 4.0
/ 2024 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, macOS |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Desktop publishing software |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | inpage.com |
InPage is a word processor and page layout software by Concept Software Pvt. Ltd., an Indian information technology company. It is used for languages such as Urdu, Arabic, Balti, Balochi, Burushaski, Pashto, Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi and Shina under Windows and macOS. It was first developed in 1994 and is primarily used for creating pages in Urdu, using the Nasta`līq (نستعلیق) ('hanging' calligraphic) style of Arabic script.
Overview
History
In 1994, an Indian software development team - Concept Software Pvt. Ltd. (est. 1988 in Delhi),[1] led by Rarendra Singh and Vijay Gupta, with the collaboration of a UK company called Multilingual Solutions[2] led by Kamran Rouhi, developed InPage Urdu for Pakistan's newspaper industry, who up until that time had been using large teams of calligraphers to hand-write last minute corrections to text created under Monotype's proprietary system. The Noori Nastaliq typeface was licensed for InPage from Monotype and augmented for use as the main Urdu font in this software, along with 40 other non-Nastaliq fonts.
InPage launched its Version 3 at ITCN exhibition Asia in Karachi, Pakistan, held in August 2008. This version is Unicode based, supports more Languages, and other Nastaliq fonts with Kasheeda have been added to it along with compatibility with OpenType Unicode fonts. In addition to Arabic, Saraiki, Urdu, Persian and Pashto, other languages of the region, such as Sindhi and Hazaragi can be handled in InPage. The latest version 4.0 launched on 6 January 2024 at NCPUL National Urdu Book Fair, Mumbai, India. This version is backwards compatible with files created with version 2.92 and up along with extra fonts and some minor fixes. [3]
See also
References
- ↑ "InPage Manufacturer". Inpage.com. http://www.inpage.com. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- ↑ "InPage UK Collaborator & Western Distributor". Wix.com. https://nqz9-3.wixsite.com/globalizeus/inpage. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ↑ "InPage". https://inpage.com/updates/whatsnew.
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