Softpress Systems is a software publisher with its headquarters in Oxford, UK. The company was founded in 1993. Originally the developers of a print-publishing application called Uniqorn. Development of Uniqorn ended after Apple discontinued printing support for its QuickDraw GX

QuickDraw GX

QuickDraw GX was a replacement for the QuickDraw 2D graphics engine and Printing Manager inside the "classic" Mac OS. Its underlying drawing platform was a resolution-independent object oriented retained mode system, making it much easier for programmers to perform common tasks...

 component.

The company initiated development of Freeway

Freeway (software)

Freeway is a WYSIWYG web design application for Mac OS X , developed by the English company Softpress Systems. There are two flavours of Freeway: Pro and Express, both currently at version 5...

 (currently version 5.5) in 1996, a DTP(Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal computer.The term has been used for publishing at all levels, from small-circulation documents such as local newsletters to books, magazines and newspapers...

)-style website creation program. Freeway is an HTML generator, as opposed to an HTML editor, allowing users to design in similar ways to DTP applications rather than work directly with code. There is a Pro - professional - version and Express version - focused towards home and small business users.

Softpress Systems is managed by Richard Logan (Managing Director), Joe Billings (Product Manager), Stewart Fellows (Technical Director) and Tim Plumb (Creative Director).