phototypesetting
noun
pho·to·type·set·ting
ˌfō-tō-ˈtīp-ˌse-tiŋ 
: photocomposition
especially
: photocomposition done on a keyboard or tape-operated composing machine
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Printing with linotype machines, which had replaced typesetting, began to disappear in the 1960s and 1970s when phototypesetting, a method which uses photography to make columns of type, became more popular.
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The flagship product of Ideographix was the IPX, a computerized phototypesetting system that would change Chinese printing forever.
—Tom Mullaney, Quartz, 29 May 2021
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The flagship product of Ideographix was the IPX, a computerized phototypesetting system that would change Chinese printing forever.
—Tom Mullaney, Quartz, 29 May 2021
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“Phototypesetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phototypesetting. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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