phototypesetting

[foh-toh-tahyp-set-ing]

noun

Printing. photocomposition.

Origin of phototypesetting

First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + typesetting

Related formspho·to·type·set·ter, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for phototypesetting

phototypesetting

noun

printing another word for photocomposition

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