John McWade

John McWade

John McWade is a graphic designer, writer, and instructor. Most recently a senior staff author at LinkedIn Learning, McWade in 1985 created PageLab, the world's first desktop publishing studio, and in 1990 he founded Before & After magazine to teach graphic design to desktop publishers. McWade's formative background is in printing and publication design, with a specialty in typography. He has authored three books — Before & After Page Design; Before & After Graphics for Business; and Before & After, How to Design Cool Stuff. He retired in 2019.

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