David Blatner | |
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| Born | February 13, 1966 Palo Alto, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Pomona College |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Speaker |
David Blatner is a writer and speaker specializing in desktop publishing software, such as Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, and QuarkXPress. Blatner has written 15 books on varied subjects with over a half-million books in print, including Spectrums,[1] The Joy of Pi,[2] The Flying Book, Judaism For Dummies, and Silicon Mirage: The Art and Science of Virtual Reality.
He also wrote a book on QuarkXPress in the 1990s, The QuarkXPress Book (winner of the 1991 Benjamin Franklin award for technical writing; later titled Real World QuarkXPress,) but later changed to Adobe InDesign, about which he has written or co-written several books (including Real World InDesign). A cofounder of the InDesignSecrets Web site and InDesign Magazine, and cohosts a podcast by the same name. Blatner also co-hosts CreativePro Week, a week-long set of conferences for creative professionals.
He lives outside Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Debbie Carlson, and two sons.
- ^ "Spectrums Kirkus Review". kirkusreviews.com. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "Happy Pi Day, math lovers!". WTKR.com. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
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