compositor

noun

com·pos·i·tor | \kəm-ˈpä-zə-tər

Definition of compositor

: one who sets type

Examples of compositor in a Sentence

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Las últimas imágenes con vida del cantante y compositor @jorgevalenzuelaoficial fueron en un cementerio cantándole a su suegro, un par de horas después perdería la vida en un accidente automovilístico. — Justino Aguila, Billboard, "Regional Mexican Singer Jorge Valenzuela Dies in Car Crash at 22 Years Old," 9 July 2018 In my business, newspaper publishing, work that had been done by dozens of skilled and specialized workers (compositors, paste-up artists, camera operators, platemakers) could suddenly be done by one person sitting at a computer. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "The Great Leap Forward," 19 Jan. 2018 But Kristian Høgsberg, the original author of Wayland, pointed out on Google+ that these features were already implemented in Wayland’s compositor Weston. — Klint Finley, WIRED, "Ubuntu Mir: Is This the Future of Linux Everywhere?," 8 Mar. 2013

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