typesetter
A person who sets typeA person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
Meaning
2 senses(historical)A person who sets type; an employee in a printshop who manually selected pieces of movable type and assembled them for printing.
Schriftsetzer, Schriftsetzerin, Metteur
набо́рщикnabórščik, печа́тникpečátnik, типо́графtipógraf
one who sets written material into type
(historical)A machine that combines type in the correct order for printing.
Translations
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Origin
From type + setter.From type + setter.
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Forms
plural: typesetters| Singular | typesetter |
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Synonyms
3 synonyms- one who sets written material into type:compositorsettertypographer
Word family
3 related wordsSee also
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