DesignCraftPage layout & publishing in your browser
Page layout & publishingPage layout and publishing, rebuilt in pure Rust.
About DesignCraft
Spreads and parent pages, threaded stories, styles, swatches and text wrap in a native layout app with a professional paragraph composer. No subscription, no licence server, no telemetry.
Key Features
Spreads and parent pages, frames and threaded stories, paragraph and character styles, swatches and text wrap, laid out the way you expect.
A Knuth–Plass paragraph composer, dictionary hyphenation, optical margin alignment and baseline grids. Line breaks match on screen and in PDF.
Real selectable text with embedded fonts, CMYK and spot colors, bleed, crop marks and archival PDF/A output.
Multithreaded SIMD rendering, copy-on-write documents with instant undo, and cached composition.
Every menu item, tool, panel and dialog can be driven over a JSON control channel and an MCP server.
Your Files Stay on Your Device
Zero File Uploads
All editorial copy and graphic layouts remain strictly confidential on your computer. All processing is computed in your browser using local device memory.
Saving & Exporting
Export as PDF/X-1a/PDF/X-4 or package project assets with File → Package. Work buffers stay in browser localStorage and are exported directly to your computer.
Common Tasks & Solutions
Design Multi-Page Books & Magazines
Master pages, linked text frames, baseline grids, and typographic styles for publication design.
Print-Ready CMYK & Bleed Export
Prepare professional brochures and flyers with crop marks, bleeds, and high-resolution PDF export.
Brochure & Poster Layout Design
Combine high-resolution photography, vector logos, and formatted copy on customizable print spreads.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I create multi-page print layouts in my browser?
Specifications
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