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typesetter

/ˌtaɪpˈsɛdər/
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Other forms: typesetters

A typesetter is a person who arranges type for printing. There are also digital typesetters for laying out the type on computer screens.

Today most typesetting is done by computers, which are skilled at arranging characters on a screen so they're easy to read. So the job of typesetter is a bit of an old-fashioned one, although there are still physical printing presses that require their skill. Letterpress cards, books, and art, which have a raised type that you can feel with your fingertips, are produced by a typesetter who arranges moveable type in the press, inks it, and prints on paper.

Definitions of typesetter
  1. noun
    one who sets written material into type
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    type of:
    pressman, printer
    someone whose occupation is printing
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