typesetting

[ tahyp-set-ing ]

noun

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

adjective

1. used or intended for setting type.

Word History and Origins

Origin of typesetting¹

First recorded in 1855–60; type + setting

Example Sentences

Suddenly you can hold forth about leading and kerning and other esoteric aspects of typesetting.

From The Daily Beast

Like the telegraph as intended by Morse, there was the interposition of typesetting before a message could be sent.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew something of the delays of completing a typesetting machine, and he had little faith in any near relief from that source.

From Project Gutenberg

With much the same feeling the old-time hand compositors looked upon the coming of the typesetting machine.

From Project Gutenberg

It's a cleaner trade than typesetting and fussing round a small-town print shop.

From Project Gutenberg

Linotypes to spoil typesetting by hand, and now horseless carriages to stop driving horses!

From Project Gutenberg

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