typesetting

[ tahyp-set-ing ]

/ ˈtaɪpˌsɛt ɪŋ /

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noun

the process or action of setting an article, book, or other printed matter into type.

adjective

used or intended for setting type.

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Origin of typesetting

First recorded in 1855–60; type + setting

Suddenly you can hold forth about leading and kerning and other esoteric aspects of typesetting.
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Like the telegraph as intended by Morse, there was the interposition of typesetting before a message could be sent.
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He knew something of the delays of completing a typesetting machine, and he had little faith in any near relief from that source.
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With much the same feeling the old-time hand compositors looked upon the coming of the typesetting machine.
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It's a cleaner trade than typesetting and fussing round a small-town print shop.
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Linotypes to spoil typesetting by hand, and now horseless carriages to stop driving horses!
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