typesetting

noun

type·set·ting ˈtīp-ˌse-tiŋ

: the process of setting material in type or into a form to be used in printing

also : the process of producing graphic matter (as through a computer system)

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Printing with linotype machines, which had replaced typesetting, began to disappear in the 1960s and 1970s when phototypesetting, a method which uses photography to make columns of type, became more popular. —

Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Reese and Friedman have discarded the bulk of the paper’s old typesetting equipment, but the interior still has the cozy, liminal atmosphere of a place where people might drop in unannounced to lodge a complaint or tell their life story, both of which are routine occurrences at the Civic. —

Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025 Presumably parents once championed the idea of their child getting a good job typesetting. —

Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024 In the days of typesetting, the tiny agate type was always rife with errors, players with similar names might be confused. —

Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for typesetting