phototypesetting
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of phototypesetting
First recorded in 1930–35; photo- + typesetting
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"Graphic design has always developed in step with technological change - from letterpress to phototypesetting to desktop publishing and now Gen AI," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Mr. Zapf began designing typefaces for phototypesetting, the first computer-aided form of typesetting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2015
Prolific and versatile, he created around 200 typefaces in numerous alphabets, including Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic and Cherokee, spanning the eras of metal typesetting, phototypesetting and digital typesetting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2015
My time with Apple starts in 1985, when a farsighted high-school journalism teacher switched the weekly newspaper from phototypesetting and paste-up to PageMaker 1.0 and a LaserWriter.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2011
Ultraspeed phototypesetting machines will be able to run 1,000 lines of type a minute.
From Time Magazine Archive
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