Express Publisher

Express Publisher was lower-end desktop publishing software originally developed by Pinpoint Publishing, then marketed by PowerUp! Software.^[1][2] Later sold to Spinnaker Software in 1993.^[3] At one point was sued by QuarkXpress for use of the word "Express".^[4] Released versions 1, 2 & 3 for DOS^[5] and a single version for Windows in 1992.^[6][7]

DOS version later came with "TextEffects" software and could save a image based format with extension EPI.

File Information

DOS
EPD documents are binary files which begin at offset 0x2 with hex values 5041474553.
EPT are template files with same format.

Windows
EWD documents are binary files which begin with hex values CAFEBEEF.
EWT are template files with same format.

References

1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=tjwEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA72&dq=%22express%20publisher%22&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q=%22express%20publisher%22%20%22version%201.1%22&f=false
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/pc-computing-magazine-v6i1/page/n245/mode/2up
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinnaker_Software
4. ↑ https://casetext.com/case/quark-inc-v-power-up-software-corp
5. ↑ https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-dos-epub3.html
6. ↑ https://www.danielsays.com/ssg-win1x2x3x-epub10.html
7. ↑ https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue148/129_Express_Publisher_fo.php