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The edition is typeset with a display text that recalls vintage video game fonts.
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Exactly what Murray or his assistants would have produced (although our bundles would then go off to be keyed into a database, rather than being typeset by compositors).
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
In what was once the typesetting room of the Miami Daily News, later called the Miami News, large scrolls of clippings can be viewed by visitors using hand cranks that mimic a newspaper rolling off the press.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The reporters on day shift would typeset the articles using correct type size, font and column width, then print each article on paper.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Once, a desirable job in media was typesetting, a highly skilled role that took years to master.
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Previously, newspapers and books were typeset by hand—letter by letter, word by word, line by line, using the 15th-century technology developed by the German printer and inventor Johannes Gutenberg.
—Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
The article was edited, typeset and sent to Pearson for proofreading, as was the usual progression of events.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
While most books are typeset using proportionate typography, allotting each character space in accordance with its width, monospaced fonts give each character, whether a lowly period or an initial capital, an equal span.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
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Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Exactly what Murray or his assistants would have produced (although our bundles would then go off to be keyed into a database, rather than being typeset by compositors).
—Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
In what was once the typesetting room of the Miami Daily News, later called the Miami News, large scrolls of clippings can be viewed by visitors using hand cranks that mimic a newspaper rolling off the press.
—Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
The reporters on day shift would typeset the articles using correct type size, font and column width, then print each article on paper.
—New York Times Games, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Once, a desirable job in media was typesetting, a highly skilled role that took years to master.
—Dave Winsborough, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Previously, newspapers and books were typeset by hand—letter by letter, word by word, line by line, using the 15th-century technology developed by the German printer and inventor Johannes Gutenberg.
—Nick Yetto, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022
The article was edited, typeset and sent to Pearson for proofreading, as was the usual progression of events.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
While most books are typeset using proportionate typography, allotting each character space in accordance with its width, monospaced fonts give each character, whether a lowly period or an initial capital, an equal span.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
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“Typeset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typeset. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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