Typesetter

usgb/ˈtaɪpsetər/
noun

A person or machine that sets printed material into a specific format or style.

He worked as a typesetter for the local newspaper.
Visual representation of "typesetter" - A person or machine that sets printed material into a specific format or style

Often appears as...

  • typesetter job
  • typesetter machine

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Historical Role

Originally, typesetters manually arranged letters for printing; now, it's mostly digital.

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Decades ago, he would have been manually arranging letters as a typesetter.
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Technological Shift

Modern typesetters are likely to use computers, not physical type.

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As a typesetter today, she designs the page layout on her computer software.
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Publishing Link

Typesetters are important in publishing; they ensure the text appearance is correct.

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The typesetter made sure the book's text was perfectly aligned.
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