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Typesetting

/ˈtaɪpˌsɛt.ɪŋ/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The art or process of setting and arranging type and other materials into pages for printing or digital display.

    "The designer spent hours perfecting the typesetting of the academic journal."
  2. 2

    The production of printed matter from type, or the text that has been set.

    "Errors in the typesetting were caught just before the book went to press."

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Derived from the combination of 'type' (from Old French 'tige', Latin 'typus', meaning a figure, mark, or metal printing block) and 'setting' (from Old English 'settan', meaning to place or put in a specific position). Originally referring to the manual arrangement of physical metal relief characters by compositors in the printing press era, the term evolved to encompass modern digital computer-based text layout and electronic publishing.

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