Since its establishment in 1989, Layout Ltd. has become a leader in desktop publishing software development. Through the years, Layout Ltd. has achieved a reputation of being a solution-oriented company, emphasizing on the development and adaptation of systems and software for the international market. Specialized in vertical markets, Layout Ltd. particularly emphasizes on the prepress and the print production management markets as it provides publishers with highly needed and customisable solutions on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.Through proactive thinking and diligence, Layout is at the forefront of technology. It maintains its leadership with a rich product line ranging from non-Latin language-support applications to professional prepress and printing solutions.Layout's mission is to enrich the DTP industry with the latest technological software innovations and to respond to the most demanding publishing needs for flexible solutions.

In 1992, Layout became a QuarkXPress XTensions developer. Layout has developed an Arabic solution for QuarkXPress and in 1993, and was appointed QuarkXPress Distributor for the Middle East. In 1996, Layout became Quark's Publishing System Integrator for the Middle East and installed its first QPS (Quark Publishing System™) at The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut.

From its home office in Beirut and through its chain of dealers throughout the Middle East, Layout markets its desktop publishing products and acts as a regional sales and support center for all the DTP product line it develops and distributes. Layout's dealers are found in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Given the increasing demand for Arabic Desktop Publishing outside the Arab region, Layout has also appointed dealers in Australia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden (serving all of Scandinavia), the United Kingdom, and the United States.